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 Barney arrived
in Los Angeles in 1910 from Belfast and almost immediately signed on with
the Los Angeles Rangers making his debut at the same time as Scottish international
Tommy Low of Glasgow Rangers fame.
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Personal Information |
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Class of 1950 |
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Born:
1890
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Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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Died: 1959 -Seattle, WA |
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Later he moved up the coast to San Francisco for six years where
he played for the Independents, and subsequently for the Thistle's and
Celtic's. Then it was on to
Seattle in 1916 to play in the Northwest League, later moving across the
border into Canada for a while to play in Vancouver and then Prince Rupert. In Seattle he played alongside Johnnie
McLean, Johnnie Wood, Jim Daly, Billy O'Toole, Hugh Harvey, Harrison and
others. He retired as a player in
1934 and became Secretary of the Washington State Association, then
Junior Commissioner and finally a soccer writer for the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
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