Ernest Barry Swallow (born 2 July 1942) is an English former professional

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Career

Born in

Arksey Arksey is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It had an estimated population of 1,303 as of 2010. It was the birthplace of the children's writer Barbara Euphan Todd on 9 January 1890. Arksey has four ...

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...

, Swallow started his career as a junior with

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...

, turning professional in July 1959. He joined

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

in 1962 and played for them in their promotion season of 1962–63. Swallow moved to

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

in July 1964 and then moved to

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

for £3,000 in February 1967, where he was in the side which gained promotion in the 1968–69 season. Swallow signed for

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

for £3,000 in October 1969. He helped the club to promotion in both the 1970–71 and 1973–74 seasons, and captained the club after they made it to the

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. He made a total of 312 appearances for the club. He became a director of York City in 1981 and twice worked as

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swallow, Barry 1942 births Living people Footballers from Doncaster English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players York City F.C. players English Football League players English football managers York City F.C. managers English Football League managers York City F.C. directors and chairmen