Teddy Bullen | |
Fullname: | Edward A. Bullen |
Birth Date: | 1884 |
Birth Place: | Warrington, England |
Death Date: | 11 |
Death Place: | Vaulx-Vraucourt, France |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in[1] |
Position: | Left half |
Years1: | 1903–1906 |
Clubs1: | Altrincham |
Caps1: | 33 |
Years2: | 1906–1917 |
Clubs2: | Bury |
Caps2: | 188 |
Goals2: | 7 |
Edward A. Bullen (1884 – 11 August 1917) was an English professional footballer who made over 180 Football League appearances as a left half for Bury.[2] He also captained the club.[3]
Bullen was born in Warrington and grew up in Altrincham. While he was footballer with Bury, he ran a pub in Sankey, Warrington.[4] In August 1916, two years after the outbreak of the First World War, Bullen enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery. He was killed at Vaulx-Vraucourt, France on 11 August 1917 and was reburied in Vraucourt Copse Cemetery in the late 1920s.[5] [6] At the time of his death, Bullen's wife was pregnant with their first child.
Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Bury | 1914–15[7] | Second Division | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
Career total | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |