Date of birth 3 January 1885 Date of death 1979 (aged 93–94) Years Team Position Utility player | Place of birth Reading, England Playing position Died 1979 | |
Full name Frederick Charles Bartholomew | ||
Frederick Charles "Fred" Bartholomew (3 January 1885 – 1979) was an English professional football utility player who played in the Football League for Reading. He served the club as a player, coach and groundsman for 53 years.
Personal life
Bartholomew served as a colour sergeant with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War. 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.
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