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Fred Bartholomew
Personal information
Full name Frederick Charles Bartholomew[1]
Date of birth 3 January 1885
Place of birth Reading, Berkshire, England
Date of death 1979 (aged 93–94)[1]
Position(s) Utility player
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1904 Reading Biscuits
1904–1923 Reading 164 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Charles Bartholomew (3 January 1885 – 1979) was an English professional footballer who made over 160 appearances in the Southern and Football Leagues for Reading.[1][2] He served as a player, coach and groundsman for 53 years and is a member of the club's Hall of Fame.[3][4][5][6]Autility player, his primary positions were centre halforfull back.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Bartholomew served as a colour sergeant with the Middlesex Regiment's 1st Football Battalion during the First World War.[7] After retiring from football in 1923, he spent three years on the coaching staff at Reading and then became groundsmanatElm Park until his retirement in 1957.[4]

Honours[edit]

Reading

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 19. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  • ^ "Hall of Fame". Star. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  • ^ a b "Reading 1904–05". www.royalsrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  • ^ a b Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 260. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  • ^ "Bartholomew Fred Reading 1907". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  • ^ a b Low, Jonathan (8 April 2017). "Star induct 13 new names into Reading FC's Hall of Fame". getreading. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  • ^ "Frederick Bartholomew | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  • ^ "Reading heroes to join Star Hall of Fame!". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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