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Alf Burnett

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Alf Burnett
Personal information
Full name Alfred Price Burnett[1]
Date of birth 23 July 1922
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death February 1977 (aged 54)
Place of death Lincoln, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946 Dundee United 1 (0)
1946–1959 Barrow 87 (32)
1949–1950 Lincoln City 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Price Burnett (23 July 1922 – February 1977) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward. Burnett began his career in the mid-1940s with Dundee United, featuring in just one match before heading south to join Barrow. At the end of the decade, Burnett had a brief spell with Lincoln City, but left the club in June 1950 after joining the police.[2]

Burnett, who died in 1977, served in the Royal Air Force at Walney Island Airfield prior to playing for Barrow.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Alf Burnett". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ "City F.C. Lose 2nd Player in Two Days". Lincolnshire Echo. 30 June 1950. Retrieved 5 April 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "And the cat was Tibby". Whitehaven News. 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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  • Alf Burnett at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database