Alf Burnett

Alf Burnett
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Price Burnett
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
1946	Dundee United
1946–1959	Barrow
1949–1950	Lincoln City
	*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[edit]

^ "Alf Burnett". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
^ "City F.C. Lose 2nd Player in Two Days". Lincolnshire Echo. 30 June 1950. Retrieved 5 April 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "And the cat was Tibby". Whitehaven News. 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

External links[edit]

Alf Burnett at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

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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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