Bertram Sharp
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bertram Sharp | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1876 | ||
| Place of birth | Hereford, England | ||
| Date of death | 2 November 1949 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Liverpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hereford Comrades | |||
| Hereford Town | |||
| Hereford Thistle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1897–1899 | Aston Villa | 22 | (0) |
| 1899–1900 | Everton | 3 | (0) |
| 1900–1901 | Southampton | 22 | (1) |
| 1901–1902 | Everton | 6 | (0) |
| 1904–1905 | Kirkdale | ||
| 1902–1904 | Southport Central | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Bertram Sharp (8 January 1876 – 2 November 1949) was an English footballer who played as a full-back with Aston Villa, Everton and Southampton around the turn of the 20th century. He was the elder brother of England international footballer and test cricketer Jack Sharp. He later became a director of Everton Football Club.
Sharp was born in Hereford and after playing his youth football with Hereford Comrades, played for Hereford Town and Hereford Thistle in the Birmingham & District League. From there, in June 1897 he joined Aston Villa who had won "the Double" in the previous season. He was joined at Villa Park by his brother, Jack.
During the opening month of the 1897–98 season, Sharp took over at full-back from Howard Spencer who had sustained a serious leg injury, causing him to miss the remainder of the season. Sharp made 19 appearances during the season, before losing his place to Tommy Bowman who had been signed from Blackpool. Villa finished the season in sixth place, a disappointment after the two previous Championship winning seasons.
For the following season, Spencer returned to the side and Sharp only made four further appearances as Villa once again took the league title.
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