Barrie Hole

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Barrie Hole
Personal information
Full name	Barrington Gerard Hole
Date of birth	September 16, 1942 (1942-09-16) (age 65)
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1959-1966 1966-1968 1968-1970 1970-1972	Cardiff City Blackburn Rovers Aston Villa Swansea City	208 (16) 079 (13) 047 0(6) 078 0(3)
National team
1963-1971	Wales	030 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Barrington Gerard "Barrie" Hole (born 16 September 1942 in Swansea) is a former Welsh professional footballer and Wales international.

[edit] Career

Hole's father Billy had been a professional footballer and played for Swansea Town before World War II and his older brothers Colin and Alan had also both played for their hometown club Swansea, but Barrie did not follow the family tradition and instead joined their rivals Cardiff City. He made his league debut as a seveteen year old during a 4-3 victory over Luton Town in February 1960 during a season when Cardiff gained promotion to the first division.

Soon establishing himself in the Bluebirds side, even playing as an emergency stiker on occasions, he was a vital member of the side, including being ever present during the 1964-65 season. It was during the latter stages of his time at Ninian Park that he won the first of his Welsh caps and was a regular in the side when he was signed by Blackburn Rovers in July 1966 for £40,000. After just two years at Blackburn he moved again, this time to Aston Villa for £60,000 in September 1968. He was signed in May 1970 by then Swansea manager Roy Bentley for £20,000 and played for the club for two years before fully retiring in May 1972.

After retiring from football he ran a newsagents in Swansea before selling it in 2004.^[1]

[edit] References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-8598-3462-0.