Teddy Barton
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{infobox football biography
| name = Teddy Barton
| image = Teddy Barton.jpg
| caption = Barton in 1935
| fullname = Edward Victor Barton
| birth_date = 1 January 1904Baptism of Edward Victor Barton; Birth Date: 1 Jan 1904.
Baptism Date: 24 Jan 1904. Baptism Place: Everton, St Cuthbert, Lancashire, England. Father: Thomas Barton. Mother: Esther Barton. Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1906
| birth_place = West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|11|13|1904|1|1|df=y}}{{cite news|title=In Memoriam|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19421113/083/0004|accessdate=10 August 2017|work=Liverpool Echo}}
| death_place = Thingwall, Cheshire, EnglandEngland & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
| position = Right half
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = ?–1925
| clubs1 = Everton
| caps1 = ?
| goals1 = ?
| years2 = 1925–1935
| clubs2 = Tranmere Rovers
| caps2 = 237
| goals2 = 5
}}
Edward Victor Barton (1 January 1904 – 13 November 1941) was an English footballer who played as a right half for Everton and Tranmere Rovers.
He was most remember for his long career at Tranmere, making 260 appearances for the club and scoring 5 goals.
Barton later lived in Prenton, Cheshire, and was survived by his wife, Alice Elizabeth.England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 He died in 1941 at only 37 years old, after suffering from an illness for several months.{{cite news|title=Tranmere Footballer – Death of Teddy Barton, Former Captain |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19411113/132/0004|accessdate=10 August 2017|work=Liverpool Echo|date=13 November 1941}}
References
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{{cite book
| last1 = Upton
| first1 = Gilbert
| last2 = Wilson
| first2 = Steve
| last3 = Bishop
| first3 = Peter
| title = Tranmere Rovers: The Complete Record
| date = 24 July 2009
| publisher = Breedon
| isbn = 978-1-85983-711-5
| pages = 520–538
| chapter = Player Records
}}
{{cite book
| last1 = Upton
| first1 = Gilbert
| last2 = Wilson
| first2 = Steve
| title = Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record
| date = November 1997
| isbn = 978-0-9518648-2-1
| pages = 101–108
| chapter = Players' Data
| publisher = The Authors
}}
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barton, Teddy}}
Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:English Football League players
Category:Footballers from Liverpool
Category:People from West Derby
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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