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Harold "Harry" Barratt (born Headington, 25 December 1918, died 1989)
Playing career
Barratt's entire professional playing career was spent with Coventry City.
He joined the club in 1935, left for a short spell with non-league Cheltenham Town, then returned to Coventry in 1937 and played there until 1952. In all, he made 170 Football League appearances for the team in a career interrupted by the Second World War.
Managerial career
Barratt managed Gillingham from 1958 to 1962. This was his only known
managerial appointment
Harry Barratt: 1934-1952, 178 apps, 13 goals
THE son of a former Southampton full-back, Harry, a wing half, made his debut as a right-winger against Blackburn in April 1938.
Although he played only five games before war broke out he was a cornerstone of the side during the war and a virtual ever-present for the first five post-war seasons.
He captained the side on numerous occasions and was a versatile player who played in nine different positions for the club including emergency goalkeeper.
He started as a winger before moving to centre-forward but later in his career he preferred right-back or right-half.
After retiring with a knee injury in 1952 he managed Rugby Town and Snowdown Colliery where he groomed George Curtis and recommended him to Coventry.
Later he returned to City as chief scout under Jesse Carver and subsequently managed Gillingham and Tunbridge Wells as well as being National Coach for the British Crown Green Bowls Association.
