Cam Burgess
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Campbell Burgess | ||
Date of birth | 21 September 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Bebington, England | ||
Date of death | September 1978 (aged 58–59) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
19??–1938 | Bromborough | ||
1938–1948 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | (3) |
1948–1951 | Chester | 111 | (64) |
1951–1953 | Crystal Palace | 47 | (40) |
1953–1954 | York City | 32 | (14) |
1954–19?? | Runcorn | ||
Total | 195 | (121) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Albert Campbell "Cam" Burgess (21 September 1919 – September 1978) was an English footballer who played as a forward. He played in the Football League for four clubs.
Playing career
[edit]Burgess was born in Bebington, Cheshire.[1] He began playing with non-league club Bromborough before joining Bolton Wanderers in February 1938, with his Football League First Division debut finally arriving against Brentford in May 1947.[2] In October 1948 he moved to Chester, where he scored 64 league goals over the next three years to currently place him as the club's sixth highest Football League goalscorer.[3]
Burgess was top scorer in two successive seasons with Crystal Palace[2] before finishing his league career at York City. He then returned to non-league football with Runcorn[4] and lived in Birkenhead until he died in September 1978.[2]
External links
[edit]- Cam Burgess at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
References
[edit]- ^ Ian King (April 2012). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011. Derby Books. p. 532. ISBN 9781780910468.
- ^ a b c Leigh Edwards, Chester City, Shooting Stars, Darlington v Chester City matchday programme 25/11/08, p 27
- ^ "Club Leading Scorers". chester-city.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ "Cam Burgess". Neil Brown. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- 1919 births
- 1978 deaths
- Footballers from Bebington
- Footballers from Birkenhead
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- York City F.C. players
- Runcorn F.C. Halton players
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen