Bert Bellamy

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]

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
0000–1919	Kettering White Cross
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1919–1921	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
1928	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

Personal life

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 before start of his professional career, served again during the Second World War with rank of sergeant, and after retirement from play ran a pub in Folkestone, Kent.^[2]

Career statistics

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[9]	Third Division South	15	0	1	0	16	0
	Total		36	2	1	0	37	2
Brentford	1926–27[10]	Third Division South	33	0	6	0	39	0
Career Total			69	2	7	0	76	2

Honours

Swansea Town

• Football League Third Division South: 1924–25^[11]