Tommy Burden | |
Fullname: | Thomas Burden |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1924 |
Birth Place: | Andover, England |
Death Place: | Taunton, England |
Position: | Wing half |
Youthyears1: | –1941 |
Youthclubs1: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Years1: | 1941–1945 |
Years2: | 1945–1948 |
Years3: | 1948–1954 |
Years4: | 1954–1961 |
Caps1: | 0 |
Caps2: | 82 |
Caps3: | 243 |
Caps4: | 231 |
Totalcaps: | 556 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 40 |
Goals3: | 13 |
Goals4: | 20 |
Totalgoals: | 73 |
Tommy Burden (21 February 1924 – 2001) was an English professional footballer who made over 500 league appearances for four teams over a twenty-year career.
Burden played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chester, Leeds United – where he was club captain from 1949 to 1954 – and Bristol City. He participated in the Normandy Landings, where he was injured.