Fred Bartholomew
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick Charles Bartholomew[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 January 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Reading, Berkshire, England | ||
Date of death | 1979 (aged 93–94)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Utility player | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
0000–1904 | Reading Biscuits | ||
1904–1923 | Reading | 164 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frederick Charles Bartholomew (3 January 1885 – 1979) was an English professional footballer who made over 160 appearances in the Southern and Football Leagues for Reading.[1][2] He served as a player, coach and groundsman for 53 years and is a member of the club's Hall of Fame.[3][4][5][6] A utility player, his primary positions were centre half or full back.[3]
Personal life
Bartholomew served as a colour sergeant with the Middlesex Regiment's 1st Football Battalion during the First World War.[7] After retiring from football in 1923, he spent three years on the coaching staff at Reading and then became groundsman at Elm Park until his retirement in 1957.[4]
Honours
Reading
- Southern League Second Division: 1910–11[6]
Individual
- Reading Hall of Fame[8]
References
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 19. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Star. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Reading 1904–05". www.royalsrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ a b Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 260. ISBN 978-0857330772.
- ^ "Bartholomew Fred Reading 1907". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ a b Low, Jonathan (8 April 2017). "Star induct 13 new names into Reading FC's Hall of Fame". getreading. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Frederick Bartholomew | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Reading heroes to join Star Hall of Fame!". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
External links
- Fred Bartholomew on Lives of the First World War
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