Roland Bartholomew (born 1915) was an English professional

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who played as an

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Career

Born in

Great Harwood Great Harwood is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, located north east of Blackburn and adjacent to the Ribble Valley. Great Harwood is the major conurbation of the 'Three Towns'; the three towns being Great Harwood, Clayton- ...

, Bartholomew grew up in Manchester and played for North Manchester Secondary School and Urmston Old Boys.Frost, p. 85 He signed amateur forms for

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

in 1934, but never played a first-team game for the club. He moved from Leeds United 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 ...

in May 1935; he moved from Bradford City to

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

in June 1938. For Bradford City, he made 100 appearances in

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, scoring 14 goals; he also scored 7 goals in 10

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appearances. He played in every League game of the 1936–37 season for Bradford City.Frost, p. 378 Bartholomew scored four goals in 12 League appearances for Grimsby Town, before World War Two ended his career.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartholomew, Roland 1915 births Year of death missing English men's footballers Leeds United F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football forwards People from Great Harwood 20th-century English people Footballers from Lancashire