Sam Barkas

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Sam Barkas
Personnel
Surname Samuel Barkas
birthday December 29, 1909
place of birth Wardley Colliery ,  England
date of death December 10, 1989
Place of death Shipley ,  England
position Defender (left)
Juniors
Years station
Middle Dock
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1928-1934 Bradford City 202 (8)
1934-1947 Manchester City 175 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1936-1937 England 5 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
AFC Workington
1957 Wigan Athletic
1 Only league games are given.

Samuel "Sam" Barkas (born December 29, 1909 in Wardley Colliery , † December 10, 1989 in Shipley ) was an English football player and coach . As a left defender, he was active from the late 1920s to mid-1940s, first with Bradford City and later with Manchester City . The greatest success for him was winning the English championship in 1937 with the "Citizens".

Athletic career

Barkas was originally a miner and as a footballer he came in the 1927/28 season at the age of 18 for Bradford City for his first four third division appearances. When the "Bantamas" achieved promotion to the second division the following year , he was already a regular player. He even scored five championship goals, which was extraordinary in view of the further course of his career (he only got four more league goals). He remained a fixture in the second division in Bradford before moving to the English elite class at Manchester City in April 1934 for a transfer fee of £ 5,000 just before the end of the 1933/34 season. In total, he had played 202 league games for Bradford City.

Barkas fitted in easily in Manchester. He convinced on the left side of defense mainly because of his comparatively good technique. He preferred to play the ball out of defense - often in combination with the left wing runner Jackie Bray - and not to knock it out uncontrollably. A good three years after his arrival, Barkas won the English championship with his men and he played 30 of 42 games. This success was soon followed by a disappointment, because only a year later, Manchester City surprisingly rose as reigning champions in the second division . At this time, his recently started career in the English national team ended after he had completed five senior international matches between May 1936 and December 1937. He had even been captain in his last three missions, but ultimately he was rarely able to oust his competitor Eddie Hapgood from Arsenal FC .

After the outbreak of World War II, official game operations were interrupted and when he was on his way to a so-called "Wartime International" against Scotland in 1939, he - like his teammate Eric Brook - was seriously injured in a car accident. When the Football League resumed its first season in 1946 after the fighting ended, it was Barkas' last. He managed to return to the First Division by winning the second division championship .

In May 1947 he ended his active career. He later worked as head coach for AFC Workington and Wigan Athletic (1957), which was followed by a job as a scout at his old club Manchester City. He also pursued this task at Leeds United . Later on, Barkas, whose brothers Ned , Harry and Tommy were also prominent professional footballers, was still active in the Bradford City lottery and pools office.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Manchester City: Player by Player" (Google eBook)
personal data
SURNAME Barkas, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barkas, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Wardley Colliery , England
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1989
Place of death Shipley , England