Barney Travers

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}

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| name = Barney Travers

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| fullname = Barney Travers

| birth_date = 1894

| birth_place = Sunderland, England

| death_date = 16 February 1955 (age 60)

| death_place = Sunderland, England

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| position = Forward

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| years1 = 1911–1912

| clubs1 = Sunderland Co-operative Wednesday

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| years2 = 1912–1913

| clubs2 = Oak Villa

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| years3 = 1913–1914

| clubs3 = New Lambton Star

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| years4 = 1914–1919

| clubs4 = Sunderland West End

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| years5 = 1919–1921

| clubs5 = Sunderland

| caps5 = 58

| goals5 = 25

| years6 = 1921–1922

| clubs6 = Fulham

| caps6 = 46

| goals6 = 28

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Barney Travers (1894 – February 1955) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Sunderland.{{cite book|last1=Dykes|first1=Garth|last2=Lamming|first2=Doug|title=All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC|date=2000|location=Great Britain|isbn=9781899538157}} He received a life ban from football in 1922 after the Football Association found him guilty on a charge of offering a bribe of £20 to South Shields to throw the game against Fulham. He was pardoned in 1945.{{Cite book |last=Northall |first=Jonathan |title=The Life and Death of Andy Ducat |publisher=Pitch Publishing |year=2022 |isbn=978-1785318535 |location=Chichester |publication-date=2022 |pages=154}}