Edward Victor Barton (1 January 1904 – 13 November 1941) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

right half In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for Everton and

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

. 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 Prenton is a suburb of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Administratively, it is also a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, withi ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

, 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.

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1904 births 1941 deaths Tranmere Rovers F.C. players English men's footballers Everton F.C. players Men's association football wing halves English Football League players Footballers from Liverpool People from West Derby 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1900s-stub