{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Arthur Barraclough | fullname = Arthur Barraclough<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=18}}</ref> | birth_date = 7 November 1916 | birth_place = Moorthorpe, England | death_date = {{Death year and age|2005|1916}}<ref name="Joyce" /> | death_place = Pontefract, England<ref name="UpThePosh">{{Cite web |title=Arthur Barraclough's Biography |url=https://www.uptheposh.com/people/8252/ |access-date=19 July 2020 |website=UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database |archive-date=19 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719215106/https://www.uptheposh.com/people/8252/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> | position = Outside left | height = 5 ft 6+1/2 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-preview-page-iv/134275291/ |title=Chelsea. Pensioners have 3 of everything |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=iv |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | years1 = {{0|0000}}–1936 | clubs1 = Peterborough United | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 1936 | clubs2 = Chelsea | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1938–1939 | clubs3 = Swindon Town | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 1939–1940 | clubs4 = Clapton Orient | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1940 | clubs5 = Notts County | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1940–1943 | clubs6 = Doncaster Rovers | caps6 = | goals6 = }}
'''Arthur Barraclough''' (7 November 1916 – 2005) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Swindon Town as an outside left.<ref name="UpThePosh" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Neilson |title=VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020 |url=https://www.leytonorient.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VE-DAY-WW2-players-as-at-May-2020.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609183620/https://www.leytonorient.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VE-DAY-WW2-players-as-at-May-2020.pdf |archive-date=9 June 2020 |access-date=18 July 2020 |pages=8–9}}</ref>
== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="3" |Peterborough United |1934–35<ref name="UpThePosh" /> | rowspan="2" |Midland League |1 |0 | colspan="2" |― | colspan="2" |― |1 |0 |- |1935–36<ref name="UpThePosh" /> |24 |5 |1 |0 |1<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearance in Northamptonshire Senior Cup</ref> |1 |26 |6 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !25 !5 !1 !0 !1 !1 !27 !6 |- |Swindon Town |1938–39<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arthur Barraclough – Player Profile |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=BARRACLA |access-date=19 July 2020 |website=Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk}}</ref> |Third Division South |21 |6 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |― |22 |6 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !46 !11 !1 !0 !1 !1 !48 !12 |} <references group="lower-alpha" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barraclough, Arthur}} Category:English men's footballers Category:English Football League players Category:1916 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Footballers from West Yorkshire Category:Men's association football outside forwards Category:Peterborough United F.C. players Category:Midland Football League players Category:Chelsea F.C. players Category:Swindon Town F.C. players Category:Clapton Orient F.C. wartime guest players Category:Notts County F.C. wartime guest players Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. wartime guest players Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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