Albert Barrett | |
Fullname: | Albert Frank Barrett[1] |
Birth Date: | 11 November 1903 |
Birth Place: | West Ham, England |
Death Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
Position: | Half-back |
Youthclubs1: | Fairburn House |
Years1: | 1921 |
Clubs1: | Leytonstone |
Years2: | 1921 |
Clubs2: | Middlesex Wanderers |
Years3: | 1923–1924 |
Clubs3: | West Ham United |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1924–1925 |
Clubs4: | Southampton |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1925–1937 |
Clubs5: | Fulham |
Caps5: | 388 |
Goals5: | 12 |
Totalcaps: | 389 |
Totalgoals: | 12 |
Nationalyears1: | 1929 |
Nationalteam1: | England |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Albert Frank Barrett (11 November 1903 – 8 December 1989) was an English footballer who played as a half-back.
Barrett was born in West Ham, the third of four children, with two older brothers and one younger sister.[1]
Barrett played as a schoolboy for Fairburn House, and then played for Leytonstone and Middlesex Wanderers in 1921.[1] He signed for West Ham United as an amateur in 1923, leaving a year later (without making a first-team appearance) to sign as an amateur for Southampton.[1] After one league appearance he moved to Fulham in 1925, where he turned professional.[1] He played for the "Professionals" in the 1929 FA Charity Shield.[2] He stayed with the club until 1937, scoring 12 goals in 388 league games.[1]
He made one appearance for the England national team on 19 October 1929.[1]
Barrett was married with two sons.[1] He worked as an accountant during his professional career, and in 1939 he owned a newsagents/tobacconists shop.[1] After World War II he worked as the secretary of wholesale firm at Romford Market, before emigrating to South Africa in 1954.[1]