| Ken Bainbridge | |
| Fullname: | Kenneth Victor Bainbridge |
| Position: | Winger |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Barking, England |
| Death Date: | June 2011 |
| Death Place: | Waltham Forest, England |
| Years1: | 1946–1949 |
| Clubs1: | West Ham United |
| Caps1: | 80 |
| Goals1: | 16 |
| Years2: | 1949–1953 |
| Clubs2: | Reading |
| Caps2: | 89 |
| Goals2: | 32 |
| Years3: | 1953–1955 |
| Clubs3: | Southend United |
| Caps3: | 78 |
| Goals3: | 25 |
| Years4: | 1955–? |
| Clubs4: | Chelmsford City |
| Totalcaps: | 247 |
| Totalgoals: | 73 |
Kenneth Victor Bainbridge (15 January 1921 – June 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-winger in the Football League for West Ham United, Reading and Southend United.
Bainbridge played for West Ham United between 1946 and 1949. He scored on 11 seconds in a 2–1 win over Barnsley, the quickest recorded goal at Upton Park, in a Second Division game on 29 August 1949. He played a total of 83 league and cup games for the east London club, scoring 17 goals. He also recorded five goals in the war-time League South.[1] He went on to play for Reading and Southend United, and later for Southern League club Chelmsford City.[2] [3]
He died in 2011, aged 90.[2]