Ned Barkas

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Ned Barkas
Full name	Edward Barkas
Date of birth	21 November 1902(1902-11-21)
Place of birth	Gateshead, England
Date of death	24 April 1962 (aged 59)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Playing position	Full-back
Youth clubs
1919–1920	East Boldon Hebburn Colliery Bedlington United South Shields Wardley Colliery
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1920 1920–1921 1921–1928 1928–1937 1937–1939 1939–1943 1943–????	Norwich City Bedlington United Huddersfield Town Birmingham Chelsea Solihull Town Willmott Breeden Nuffield Mechanics	001 0(0) 119 0(4) 257 0(9) 027 0(0)
Teams managed
1939–1943	Solihull Town (player-manager)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Edward "Ned" Barkas (21 November 1902 – 24 April 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back. He played in the Football League First Division for Huddersfield Town, Birmingham and Chelsea.

Barkas was born in Wardley, Gateshead, Northumberland. He won two league championship medals and an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1928 with Huddersfield before becoming manager Leslie Knighton's first signing for Birmingham, where he made nearly 300 appearances and won another FA Cup runners-up medal in 1931. On leaving Birmingham Barkas followed Knighton to Chelsea, returning to the Midlands on the outbreak of the Second World War.

He came from a footballing family: his brother Sam played for and captained England, a cousin, Billy Felton, also played for England, and three other brothers Tommy, James and Henry were professional footballers. He died in Little Bromwich, Nechells, Birmingham, at the age of 59.

[edit] Honours

with Huddersfield Town
- Football League First Division champions 1924, 1925.
- FA Cup finalist 1928.
with Birmingham
- FA Cup finalist 1931.

[edit] References

Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 70. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

Persondata
NAME	Barkas, Ned
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Barkas, Edward
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1902-11-21
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wardley, Gateshead, Northumberland, England
DATE OF DEATH	1962-04-24
PLACE OF DEATH	Little Bromwich, Nechells, Birmingham, England