Ray Barlow

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Raymond John "Ray" Barlow (born August 17, 1926 in Swindon , † March 14, 2012 in Bridgend , Wales ) was an English football player .

The half left came in August 1944 to the second division West Bromwich Albion , where he played a total of 482 games and scored 48 goals until the summer of 1960; this includes both appearances in the Football League (403 games, 31 goals) and games in the FA Cup (five goals in 46 games). In February 1945 Barlow had played his first game for the "Baggies" in the Wartime League Cup before he made his debut at the beginning of the 1946/47 season in the 7-2 success over AFC Newport County in the second division. Barlow's greatest successes with the team include promotion to the first division in 1949 and winning the runner-up and the FA Cup in 1954. After another year and five league games without scoring at Birmingham City , he ended his professional career in the summer of 1961.

On October 2, 1954 Barlow came to his only international match for the England team ; in the 2-0 win over Northern Ireland , he was on the pitch for 90 minutes.

Barlow was named one of the top 16 players of his longtime club West Bromwich Albion in 2004; he died after a long illness at the age of 85 and had three children.

Web links

  • Ray Barlow ( English ) In: wba.co.uk . Retrieved March 15, 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albion mourn Ray Barlow ( English ) In: wba.co.uk . Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 15, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wba.co.uk
  2. ^ Ray Barlow ( English ) In: thefa.com . Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ 'We will never see his like again!' West Brom legend Barlow mourned ( English ) In: dailymail.co.uk . Retrieved March 15, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Barlow, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barlow, Raymond John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Swindon , England
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 2012
Place of death Bridgend , Wales