Albert Barrett

{{Short description|English footballer (1903–1989)}} {{for|the American physician|Albert Moore Barrett}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

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'''Albert Frank Barrett''' (11 November 1903 – 8 December 1989) was an English footballer who played as a half-back.

==Early and personal life== Barrett was born in West Ham, the third of four children, with two older brothers and one younger sister.<ref name="auto"/>

==Career== Barrett played as a schoolboy for Fairburn House, and then played for Leytonstone and Middlesex Wanderers in 1921.<ref name="auto"/> He signed for West Ham United as an amateur in 1923, leaving a year later (without making a first-team appearance) to sign as an amateur for Southampton.<ref name="auto"/> After one league appearance he moved to Fulham in 1925, where he turned professional.<ref name="auto"/> He played for the "Professionals" in the 1929 FA Charity Shield.<ref>{{Cite news | work = Derby Daily Telegraph | title = Professionals v. Amateurs – selected teams for annual match | date = 26 September 1929 | accessdate = 21 March 2016 | page=10| via = British Newspaper Archive| url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19290926/085/0010}}</ref> He stayed with the club until 1937, scoring 12 goals in 388 league games.<ref name="auto"/>

He made one appearance for the England national team on 19 October 1929.<ref name="auto"/>

==Later life== Barrett was married with two sons.<ref name="auto"/> He worked as an accountant during his professional career, and in 1939 he owned a newsagents/tobacconists shop.<ref name="auto"/> After World War II he worked as the secretary of wholesale firm at Romford Market, before emigrating to South Africa in 1954.<ref name="auto"/>

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