Bernard Battles senior
| Barney Battles | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Bernard Battles | |
| birthday | January 13, 1875 | |
| place of birth | Glasgow , Scotland | |
| date of death | February 9, 1905 | |
| Place of death | Glasgow , Scotland | |
| position | defense | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| Linlithgow Juniors | ||
| Bathgate Rovers | ||
| Broxburn shamrock | ||
| Bathgate | ||
| 1894-1895 | Heart of Midlothian | 16 (0) |
| 1895-1897 | Celtic Glasgow | 28 (4) |
| 1896 | → Liverpool FC (loan) | 2 (0) |
| 1897-1898 | Dundee FC | 15 (2) |
| 1898 | Liverpool FC | 1 (0) |
| 1898-1904 | Celtic Glasgow | 82 (3) |
| 1904-1905 | FC Kilmarnock | 23 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1901 | Scotland | 3 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Bernard "Barney" Battles (born January 13, 1875 in Glasgow , † February 9, 1905 ibid) was a Scottish football player .
career
Born in Glasgow in 1875, Bernard Battles played football professionally from the early 1890s until his death in 1905; while he was under contract with ten clubs. Among his most famous stations include Heart of Midlothian , Celtic FC , where he played intermittently three times, the FC Dundee and the FC Liverpool . The latter was his only stop outside of Scotland.
In 1901, when he was under contract with Celtic Glasgow, Battles played his only three caps for the Scottish national team
Bernard Battles died in 1905 at the age of 30. His son Bernard Battles junior later also played professional football.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Battles, Bernard Sr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Battles, Barney (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1905 |
| Place of death | Glasgow |