Wilfred Bartrop

Football player infobox
playername = Wilf Bartrop


fullname = Wilfred Bartrop
height = 5' 8"
dateofbirth = 22/11/1887
cityofbirth = Worksop
dateofdeath = 7/11/1918
cityofdeath = Warcoing
countryofbirth = England
countryofdeath = Belgium
currentclub =
clubnumber = 7
position = Outside Forward
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years = 1908-1909
1909-1914
1914-1915
clubs = Worksop
Barnsley
Liverpool
caps(goals) = 00? (?)
00160 (15)
003 (0)
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nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) = 00100(0)
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Wilf Bartrop (22 November 1887 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire; died 7 November 1918) Was a professional footballer, who played as a Forward for several English sides prior to the First World War. He was killed in action, days before the end of the war.

Club career

He started his career at home side WorksopCite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=533|title=Wilf Bartrop Player Profile| accessdate=2008-03-07 | publisher=LFC History.net| author=] before transferring to Barnsley on 21 June 1909. He played in both FA Cup finals that Barnsley reached in 1910 and 1912.Cite web|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1910.html|title=fa-cupfinals.co.uk| accessdate=2008-02-26 | publisher=fa-cupfinals.co.uk| author=] Cite web|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1912.html|title=fa-cupfinals.co.uk| accessdate=2008-02-26 | publisher=fa-cupfinals.co.uk| author=] . In the 1910 FA Cup, Bartrop scored a 'wonder goal' in a 1-0 quarter-final win over Queen's Park Rangers. In the final, Barnsley lost the replay 2-0 to Newcastle, after a 1-1 draw in the first tie. The 1912 cup final went again to a replay but Barnsley won, defeating West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in extra time, after a 0-0 draw in the first encounter. Many newspapers, including the Manchester Guardian, praised his play in the replay. Citation
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title = Barnsley's Victory
newspaper = Manchester Guardian
pages = p4
year = 1912
date = 1912-04-25
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At the end of the 1913-1914 season he transferred to Liverpool who he played a total of 3 games for before his career was interrupted by the First World War

A biography of Wilfred Bartrop, entitled 'Swifter than the Arrow', is in press with an expected publication date of 2008 Cite web|url=http://www.troubador.co.uk/book_info.asp?bookid=732 |title=Swifter than the Arrow: Wilfred Bartrop, football and war |accessdate=2008-09-18]

Honours

Barnsley
*FA Cup: Runners Up 1910
*FA Cup: Winners 1912

His FA Cup winners medal was sold in 2008 for £14400 - more than twice its estimate price.Cite web|url=http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=ResultsXML&iSaleNo=15968|title=Sale 15968, Sporting Memorabilia, 27 Feb 2008CHESTER
accessdate=2008-06-03 | publisher=Bonhams| author=] Cite web|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Reds39-FA-Cup-winner39s-medal.3760548.jp|title=Reds' FA Cup winner's medal expected to fetch £6,000| accessdate=2008-06-03 | publisher=Johnston Press Digital Publishing| author=]

Military Service

He joined the Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner in a Trench Mortar Battery. He was serving in Belgium when he was killed on the 7th of November 1918.Cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=479215|title=Wilf Bartrop CWGC Record| accessdate=2008-03-07 | publisher=CWGC| author=]

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