Alf Burnett Explained

Alf Burnett
Fullname:Alfred Price Burnett
Birth Date:23 July 1922
Birth Place:Aberdeen, Scotland
Death Date:February 1977 (aged 54)
Death Place:Lincoln, England
Position:Centre forward
Years1:1946
Years2:1946–1959
Years3:1949–1950
Clubs1:Dundee United
Clubs2:Barrow
Clubs3:Lincoln City
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Caps2:87
Goals2:32
Caps3:4
Goals3:1

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.[1]

Burnett, who died in 1977, served in the Royal Air Force at Walney Island Airfield prior to playing for Barrow.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: City F.C. Lose 2nd Player in Two Days. 5 April 2016. Lincolnshire Echo. 30 June 1950. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  2. News: And the cat was Tibby. 5 April 2016. Whitehaven News. 1 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120722040448/http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/and_the_cat_was_tibby_1_278450?referrerPath=2.4857. 22 July 2012.