Fred Bartholomew

Fred Bartholomew
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Charles Bartholomew
Date of birth	3 January 1885
Place of birth	Reading, Berkshire, England
Date of death	1979 (aged 93–94)
Position(s)	Utility player
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1904	Reading Biscuits
1904–1923	Reading
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Charles Bartholomew (3 January 1885 – 1979) was an English professional footballer who made over 160 appearances in the Southern and Football Leagues for Reading.^[1]^[2] He served as a player, coach and groundsman for 53 years and is a member of the club's Hall of Fame.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] A utility player, his primary positions were centre half or full back.^[3]

Personal life

Bartholomew served as a colour sergeant with the Middlesex Regiment's 1st Football Battalion during the First World War.^[7] After retiring from football in 1923, he spent three years on the coaching staff at Reading and then became groundsman at Elm Park until his retirement in 1957.^[4]

Honours

Reading

Southern League Second Division: 1910–11^[6]

Individual

Reading Hall of Fame^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 19. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ "Hall of Fame". Star. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Reading 1904–05". www.royalsrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 260. ISBN 978-0857330772.
^ "Bartholomew Fred Reading 1907". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Low, Jonathan (8 April 2017). "Star induct 13 new names into Reading FC's Hall of Fame". getreading. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ "Frederick Bartholomew | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Reading heroes to join Star Hall of Fame!". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links

Fred Bartholomew on Lives of the First World War

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