Jackie Burns (footballer)

Jackie Burns
Personal information
Full name John Charles Burns
Date of birth 27 November 1906
Place of birth London, England
Date of death 12 June 1986(1986-06-12) (aged 79)[1]
Place of death Stubbington, England
Playing position Left half, inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1931 Queens Park Rangers 117 (29)
1931–1935 Brentford 146 (14)
1935–1937 Leyton
1937–1938 Sutton United
London Caledonians
National team
1930–1935 England Amateurs 16 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


John Charles 'Jackie' Burns (27 November 1906 – 12 June 1986) was an English amateur football left half and teacher who played in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers and Brentford. He represented England Amateurs at international level and holds the record for Football League appearances by an amateur (263).

Club career

Burns joined Division Three South side Queens Park Rangers in 1927, making 117 league appearances and scoring 29 goals in a four-year spell.[2] He joined fellow Division Three South side and West London rivals Brentford in 1931 at the beginning of the most successful period of the club's history, which began with Harry Curtis' team winning the Division Three South title in the 1932–33 season.[3] The Division Two title and the London Senior Cup followed in the 1934–35 season, sending the Brentford into the top-flight for the first time in the club's history.[3] In the 1935–36 season in Division One, Brentford scored their highest ever league placing of fifth.[4] Burns left the club in December 1935, having made 152 appearances and scored 116 goals during his four years with the Bees.[5] He joined Athenian League side Leyton, spending two years with the club and reaching the final of the 1937 FA Amateur Cup.[5] Burns spent the 1937–38 season with Athenian League side Sutton United, winning the Surrey Charity Shield.[6] He also appeared for Isthmian League side London Caledonians.[6]

Representative career

Burns made his first appearances for the touring side Middlesex Wanderers in 1929, appearing in matches against Stade Français Paris and a Paris XI.[6] He returned to Paris in 1931 to take part in matches against Racing and Athletic de Paris.[6] Burns appeared on two tours of the Netherlands with Wanderers in 1932, beating Vitesse Arnhem and PSV Eindhoven along the way.[6] He also represented Corinthian.[7]

International career

Burns won his first England Amateurs cap in 1930 and made 16 appearances for the side throughout the 1930s, 9 of them as captain.[8] He scored three goals.[8]

Personal life

Burns was schooled at the London Oratory School in Chelsea, London and trained as a teacher at St Mary's College, Twickenham from 1926 to 1928.[6] After qualifying, he returned to teach at the London Oratory School.[6] A former pupil described Burns as "a kind and generous man and an excellent teacher of mathematics".[6] Burns was also an amateur boxer.[5]

Honours

As a player

Brentford

Sutton United

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 46. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ↑ "Doing The 92 ~ Jack Burns". Doingthe92.com. 1906-11-27. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 372–373. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. ↑ Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Brentford Home Page for the 1935-1936 season - Statto.com". Statto.com. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  5. 1 2 3 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 31. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Jackie Burns - Football and Amateurism" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "History". Middlesex-wanderers-afc.webs.com. 1907-05-27. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  8. 1 2 "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  9. ↑ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
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