Jim Barrett Jr. Explained

Jim Barrett
Fullname:James Guy Barrett
Birth Date:5 November 1930
Birth Place:West Ham, Essex, England
Death Place:Haverhill, England[1]
Position:Inside forward
Youthyears1:–1949
Youthclubs1:West Ham United
Years1:1949–1954
Clubs1:West Ham United
Caps1:85
Goals1:24
Years2:1954–1959
Clubs2:Nottingham Forest
Caps2:105
Goals2:64
Years3:1959–1960
Clubs3:Birmingham City
Caps3:10
Goals3:4
Totalcaps:200
Totalgoals:92

James Guy Barrett (5 November 1930 – 21 October 2014) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United. His father, James William Barrett, also played for the club from 1924 to 1939.

Born in West Ham, Essex, Jim Jnr played football as a junior for West Ham, and played with his father as a teenager for West Ham A in 1945–46. He signed for the senior side in February 1949 and went on to make 85 league and 2 cup appearances for the east London club, scoring 25 goals.[2]

He was sold to Nottingham Forest in December 1954,[2] and went on to become their top scorer for the 1956–57 season. He also played for Birmingham City, playing 10 games and scoring four goals before his playing career ended aged 29.

He later returned to West Ham to become player-manager of the A team assisting the development of players such as Harry Redknapp, John Charles and Paul Heffer. He moved to Millwall in 1968, where he worked under ex-Hammer Ben Fenton. Barrett died in 2014, aged 83.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
  2. Web site: Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics Jim Jnr Barrett. www.westhamstats.info. 23 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Jim Barrett Jnr. www.whufc.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160516203145/http://www.whufc.com/articles/20141021/jim-barrett-jr-1930-2014_2236884_4234678 . 16 May 2016 . 10 September 2017.