| Bernard Pumfrey | |
| Fullname: | Bernard Pumfrey |
| Position: | Full back |
| Birth Date: | May 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
| Death Place: | Gainsborough, England |
| Clubs1: | Birmingham St Mark's |
| Years2: | 1892–1894 |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1894–1901 |
| Caps3: | 121 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
Bernard Pumfrey (May 1873 – 18 July 1930) was an English professional footballer who made 133 appearances in the Football League playing for Small Heath and Gainsborough Trinity.[1] He played as a full back.
Pumfrey was born in the Stirchley district of Birmingham to Alfred, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Sarah.[2] He worked in the family business and played recreational football for Birmingham St Mark's before joining Small Heath prior to their first season in the Football League.[3] He made his debut on 12 November 1892, in a 3–2 home win against Burton Swifts, and played in the test matches which deprived Small Heath of promotion to add to their Second Division title,[4] but after a few more games the following season, he left for Midland League club Gainsborough Trinity in 1894.[3]
Pumfrey contributed to Gainsborough's runners-up spot in the Midland League in the 1895–96 season which led to their election to the Football League.[5] In five seasons in the Football League, he played 121 games and captained the team.[6] [7]
While a Gainsborough player Pumfrey started a joinery business in the town; he developed this into a large building contractors which was still in existence a hundred years later.[3] He married Jennie Clarke in March 1900,[7] and died in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in 1930 at the age of 57.[3]
His older brother Harry, also a carpenter, who had studied at Birmingham School of Art, was responsible for the design of Birmingham F.C.'s new ground, St Andrew's, which opened in 1906.[3]