Thomas Barber (20 February 1888 – 18 September 1925) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Merthyr Town and Walsall as a half back or inside left.[1][4][5][6][7] He scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.[8]
Barber attended Todd's Nook School.[9] He served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and saw action at Delville Wood and Waterlot Farm in the summer of 1916,[2] before suffering gunshot wounds to the legs at Guillemont.[10] Barber was evacuated to Britain and after recovering in Aberdeen,[10] he spent another period in hospital suffering from pleurisy.[11] He was later transferred to the Labour Corps and also worked in a munitions factory in Glasgow.[2] Barber died of tuberculosis in 1925.[2]
Bolton Wanderers
Aston Villa
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