Thomas Barber (20 February 1888 – 18 September 1925) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Merthyr Town and Walsall as a half back or inside left.
[1][4][5][6][7] He scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.
[9] He served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and saw action at Delville Wood and Waterlot Farm in the summer of 1916,[2] before suffering gunshot wounds to the legs at Guillemont.
[10] Barber was evacuated to Britain and after recovering in Aberdeen,[10] he spent another period in hospital suffering from pleurisy.
[2] Bolton Wanderers Aston Villa This biographical article related to association football in England, about a defender born in the 1880s, is a stub.