Bert Badger

Bert Badger

Personal information
Full name	Herbert Osborne Badger
Date of birth	(1882-10-04)4 October 1882
Place of birth	Islington, London, England
Date of death	1965 (aged 82–83)
Place of death	Colchester, Essex, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Clacton Town
	Colchester Town
	Ilford
1903–1904	Tottenham Hotspur
1904–1906	Woolwich Arsenal	0	(0)
1906–1908	Watford	54	(5)
1908–1909	Brentford	39	(1)
1909–1910	Nottingham Forest	2	(0)
1910–1911	Brentford	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herbert Osborne Badger (4 October 1882 – 1965) was an English former footballer who played as a wing half.

Career

Born in Islington, Badger started his career in Essex, playing for Clacton Town, Colchester Town and Ilford. He joined Tottenham Hotspur as an amateur in November 1903, and turned professional ten months later with Football League side Woolwich Arsenal. However, Badger was unable to break into the first team, and left to join Hertfordshire club Watford in August 1906 without playing a first team game. Badger made 54 Southern League appearances while at Cassio Road, scoring 5 times, and also played twice in the FA Cup. He left Watford to join Brentford in 1908 and Nottingham Forest the following year. At Forest, Badger finally played in the Football League.

Badger died in Colchester in 1965.