Tommy Barber
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Barber | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | West Stanley, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 September 1925 (aged 39) | ||
| Place of death | Nuneaton, England | ||
| Playing position | Half back, inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Shankhouse | |||
| West Stanley | |||
| Hamsterley | |||
| 1908–1912 | Bolton Wanderers | 102 | (14) |
| 1912–1914 | Aston Villa | 57 | (9) |
| → Belfast Celtic (guest) | |||
| → Celtic (guest) | |||
| → Partick Thistle (guest) | |||
| → Linfield (guest) | |||
| → Distillery (guest) | |||
| 1917 | → Brentford (guest) | 2 | (0) |
| Stalybridge Celtic | |||
| Crystal Palace | |||
| 1920 | Merthyr Town | 2 | (0) |
| Ton Pentre | |||
| Pontypridd | |||
| 1921 | Walsall | 5 | (2) |
| Darlaston | |||
| Hinckley United | |||
| Barwell United | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Thomas "Tommy" Barber (22 July 1886 – 18 September 1925) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Merthyr Town and Walsall. He scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final against Sunderland.
Barber served as a private in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War. He saw action at Delville Wood and Waterlot Farm in the summer of 1916, but suffered gunshot wounds to the legs at Guillemont and was evacuated to Britain. After recovering in Aberdeen, he spent another period in hospital suffering from pleurisy. Barber was later transferred to the Labour Corps and also worked in a munitions factory in Glasgow. He died of tuberculosis in 1925.
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