Edwin Bardsley | |
Fullname: | Edwin Bardsley |
Birth Date: | 1883 |
Birth Place: | Hadfield, England |
Death Date: | 18 |
Death Place: | Somme, France |
Position: | Outside left |
Years1: | 1903 |
Clubs1: | Glossop |
Caps1: | 10 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 1904–1906 |
Clubs2: | Stockport County |
Caps2: | 76 |
Goals2: | 9 |
Edwin Bardsley (1883 – 18 November 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Glossop as an outside left.[1] His career was ended due to a broken leg suffered in a collision with William Foulke.[2]
Bardsley served as a private in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War and was killed during the Battle of the Somme on 18 November 1916, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[3]
Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Stockport County | 1904–05 | Lancashire Combination | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 7 | |
1905–06 | Second Division | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 3 | ||
1906–07 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
Career total | 76 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 11 |