Cam Burgess | |
Fullname: | Albert Campbell Burgess |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1919 |
Birth Place: | Bebington, England |
Death Date: | September 1978 (aged 58–59) |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 19??–1938 |
Clubs1: | Bromborough |
Years2: | 1938–1948 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Caps2: | 5 |
Years3: | 1948–1951 |
Caps3: | 111 |
Goals3: | 64 |
Years4: | 1951–1953 |
Caps4: | 47 |
Goals4: | 40 |
Years5: | 1953–1954 |
Caps5: | 32 |
Goals5: | 14 |
Years6: | 1954–19?? |
Clubs6: | Runcorn |
Totalcaps: | 195 |
Totalgoals: | 121 |
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.
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]