Thomas Parkhill Barbour (13 November 1887 – 29 August 1967) was a Scottish professional

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who played as a

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or full back. He played in

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for Derby County and

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Playing career

Born in

Largs Largs () is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about from Glasgow. The original name means "the slopes" (''An Leargaidh'') in Scottish Gaelic. A popular seaside resort with a pier, the town markets itself on its histor ...

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, Barbour played junior football with Kilbirnie Ladeside. He joined English club Derby County in July 1908, despite Kilbirnie having previously agreed to sell him to Woolwich Arsenal. He spent thirteen years with Derby, winning the

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title twice, in 1911–12 and 1914–15. During the first title-winning season, he was part of a defence that set a club record of six consecutive matches without conceding a goal. His time at Derby was disrupted by military service during the

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, when he served as a private with the Derbyshire Yeomanry at

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and in Egypt and

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. Barbour joined

in 1921. He was part of the club's first

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team, but left after a year as he was denied permission to train in

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, where he had become a publican. He then signed for Burton All Saints in the Birmingham and District League.

After football

Barbour continued as a publican after retiring from playing, later running the Jolly Colliers pub in

Heanor Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It lies north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parishes in England, civil parish and town council-administered area of He ...

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. He died at Marlpool, near Heanor, on 29 August 1967.

Honours

Derby County *

: 1911–12, 1914–15

References

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Service record
at Football and the First World War {{DEFAULTSORT:Barbour, Tommy 1887 births 1967 deaths Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Men's association football fullbacks Scottish Junior Football Association players English Football League players Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Burton Town F.C. players People from Largs British Army personnel of World War I Derbyshire Yeomanry soldiers Military personnel from North Ayrshire Territorial Force soldiers