Bert Bellamy

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Bert Bellamy
Bellamy while with Brentford in 1926.
Personal information
Full name Herbert Bellamy[1]
Date of birth (1896-04-07)7 April 1896
Place of birth Kettering, England
Date of death 16 November 1978(1978-11-16) (aged 82)[2]
Place of death Grimsby, England
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
Kettering Fuller Institute
Kettering White Cross
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1921 Kettering
1921–1923 Watford 36 (2)
1923–1926 Swansea Town 90 (2)
1926–1927 Brentford 33 (0)
1927–1928 Wellingborough
1928 Irthlingborough Town
1928 United Counties Bus Company
1929 Kidderminster Harriers
Total 159 (4)
Managerial career
1927–1928 Wellingborough (player-manager)
1929–1930 GBK Kokkola
1935–1937 HVV Den Haag
1937–1938 DHC Delft
1938–1939 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herbert Bellamy (7 April 1896 – 16 November 1978) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Watford, Swansea Town and Brentford.[1] He later managed Wellingborough and in the Netherlands and Finland.[2][3][4][5]

Personal life[edit]

Herbert was born in Kettering, the son of Edward Bellamy and Allen Barnes.[6] He was married to Daisy York and had a daughter Lucy Florence and two sons, Herbert and Robert.[7] Bellamy served in the British Army during the First World War.[2]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Watford 1921–22[8] Third Division South 21 2 0 0 21 2
1922–23[8] 15 0 1 0 16 0
Total 36 2 1 0 37 2
Brentford 1926–27[9] Third Division South 33 0 6 0 39 0
Career Total 69 2 7 0 76 2

Honours[edit]

Swansea Town

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 24. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c "Players – Battocchio to Bolton" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 18. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Gamlakarleby Bollklubb Huvudsida". JoPoX. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Bellamy trainer bij DHC". Sportkroniek. 18 March 1937. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Blauw-Wit heeft een nieuwen trainer". Sportkroniek. 7 July 1938. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Herbert Bellamy". Archief Amsterdam. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Gezinskaarten: Herbert Bellamy". Archief Amsterdam. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Seasons – 1920–21 to 1929–30" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  9. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 369. ISBN 0951526200.
  10. ^ "Bellamy Bert Swansea Town 1924". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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