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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = John Bainbridge
| image =
| fullname = John Robert Bainbridge
| height   = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}<ref name="ABC" />
| birth_date  = 1880
| birth_place = [[Seaham]], England
| death_date  = {{death date|1960|1|17|df=y}} (aged 79)
| death_place = [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], England
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Silksworth F.C.|Silksworth]]
| youthclubs2 = [[Sunderland Royal Rovers F.C.|Sunderland Royal Rovers]]
| years1 = 1903–1904
| years2 = 1904–1906
| years3 = 1906–1907
| years4 = 1907–1910
| years5 = 1910–1911
| clubs1 = [[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop]]
| clubs2 = [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]
| clubs3 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| clubs4 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
| clubs5 = [[Hartlepools United F.C.|Hartlepools United]]
| caps1 =
| caps2 =
| caps3 = 25
| caps4 = 84
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| goals3 = 4
| goals4 = 20
}}
'''John Robert Bainbridge''' (1880 – 17 January 1960) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for three [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] clubs between 1903 and 1910.
==Football career==
Bainbridge started his footballing career in the North East with [[Silksworth F.C.|Silksworth]] and [[Sunderland Royal Rovers F.C.|Sunderland Royal Rovers]], before turning professional with [[Glossop North End A.F.C.|Glossop]] in May 1903.
In the summer of 1904 he moved South to join [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] where he spent two seasons before joining [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] in 1906.<ref>{{cite book |   author=Dave Juson & others |   title=Saints v Pompey - A history of unrelenting rivalry|   publisher=Hagiology Publishing |   year=2004|   isbn=0-9534474-5-6}}</ref> After a season at Portsmouth, he moved along the South coast to join [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in May 1907.
According to Holley & Chalk's ''The Alphabet of the Saints'', Bainbridge was "a reliable performer. His right-wing partnership with [[Frank Jefferis]] drew favourable comparisons with the famed duo of [[Harry Wood (footballer, born 1868)|Wood]] and [[Archie Turner|Turner]] seven years earlier".<ref name=ABC>{{cite book |author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk |title=The Alphabet of the Saints|   publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing |   year=1992|    page=17|   isbn=0-9514862-3-3}}</ref>
In Saints' [[FA Cup]] run in 1908, in which they reached the semi-finals, he scored 4 goals in 6 games. Ill health ended his career at [[The Dell (Southampton F.C.)|The Dell]] and he returned to his native North-East where, after playing briefly for [[Hartlepools United F.C.|Hartlepools United]], he returned to his original occupation as coal-miner.<ref>{{cite book |   author=Gary Chalk & Duncan Holley |  title=Saints - A complete record|   publisher= Breedon Books|   year=1987|   isbn=0-907969-22-4}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:1880 births]]
[[Category:1960 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Seaham]]
[[Category:Hartlepool United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Portsmouth F.C. players]]
[[Category:Reading F.C. players]]
[[Category:Southampton F.C. players]]
[[Category:Southern Football League players]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Glossop North End A.F.C. players]]