Ken Bainbridge
English footballer
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Kenneth Victor Bainbridge (15 January 1921 – June 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-winger in the Football League for West Ham United, Reading and Southend United.
Full name
Kenneth Victor Bainbridge[1]
Date of birth
15 January 1921
Place of birth
Barking, England
Date of death
June 2011
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Victor Bainbridge[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Barking, England | ||
| Date of death | June 2011 | ||
| Place of death | Waltham Forest, England | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1949 | West Ham United | 80 | (16) |
| 1949–1953 | Reading | 89 | (32) |
| 1953–1955 | Southend United | 78 | (25) |
| 1955–? | Chelmsford City | ||
| Total | 247 | (73) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bainbridge played for West Ham United between 1946 and 1949. He scored on 11 seconds in a 2–1 win over Barnsley, the quickest recorded goal at Upton Park, in a Second Division game on 29 August 1949. He played a total of 83 league and cup games for the east London club, scoring 17 goals. He also recorded five goals in the war-time League South.[2] He went on to play for Reading and Southend United, and later for Southern League club Chelmsford City.[3][4]
Death
He died in 2011, aged 90.[3]
