Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Barkas | ||
Date of birth | 21 November 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Wardley, Gateshead, England | ||
Date of death | 24 April 1962 | (aged 60)||
Place of death | Little Bromwich,Birmingham, England | ||
Playing position | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
– | East Boldon | ||
– | Hebburn Colliery | ||
– | Bedlington United | ||
– | South Shields | ||
1919–1920 | Wardley Colliery | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1920 | Norwich City | 1 | (0) |
1920–1921 | Bedlington United | ||
1921–1928 | Huddersfield Town | 119 | (4) |
1928–1937 | Birmingham | 257 | (9) |
1937–1939 | Chelsea | 27 | (0) |
1939–1943 | Solihull Town | ||
1943–19?? | Wilmot Breeden | ||
– | Nuffield Mechanics | ||
Teams managed | |||
1939–1943 | Solihull Town (player-manager) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Edward "Ned" Barkas (21 November 1901 – 24 April 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. He played in the Football League First Division for Huddersfield Town, Birmingham and Chelsea.
Barkas was born in Wardley, County Durham. He won two league championship medals and a runners-up medal in the 1928 FA Cup Final with Huddersfield before becoming manager Leslie Knighton's first signing for Birmingham, where he made nearly 300 appearances and won another FA Cup runners-up medal in 1931. On leaving Birmingham Barkas followed Knighton to Chelsea, returning to the Midlands on the outbreak of the Second World War.
He came from a footballing family: his brother Sam played for and captained England, a cousin, Billy Felton, also played for England, and three other brothers Tommy, James and Harry were professional footballers. He died in Little Bromwich, Birmingham, at the age of 60.