Sam Barkas
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Full name | Samuel Barkas | ||
Date of birth | 29 December 1909 | ||
Place of birth | Wardley Colliery, England | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
Middle Dock | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1928–1933 | Bradford City | 202 | (8) |
1933–1946 | Manchester City | 176 | (1) |
International career | |||
1936–1937 | England | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
Workington | |||
1957 | Wigan Athletic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Samuel "Sam" Barkas (29 December 1909 – 10 December 1989) was an English football player and manager who played at left back.
Career
Born in Wardley Colliery, England, Barkas had worked in the pits and farm before leaving his junior club Middle Dock to join Bradford City in 1928. He played four games in his first season, before in his first full season in 1928–29 he helped City to the Division Three (North) title. He played a total of 202 games for City before he was sold to Manchester City for £5,000 in 1933.
At Manchester City he picked up a Championship medal and a Division Two title. He played until 1946 appearing 176 times and scoring one goal.
He also won five caps for England and captained his country three times.
He later managed Workington and Wigan and was a scout for Manchester City and Leeds United.
Family
Barkas was one of five brothers who all had professional careers;[1] the others were Ned, Harry, Jimmy and Tommy. His cousin Billy Felton played for Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur and made one appearance for England.
Honours
Player
References
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External links
- Pages with broken file links
- 1909 births
- 1989 deaths
- English footballers
- England international footballers
- English football managers
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. non-playing staff
- Wigan Athletic F.C. managers
- The Football League players
- Association football fullbacks
- The Football League representative players
- Workington A.F.C. managers
- Leeds United F.C. non-playing staff