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Jack
Bruton |
Burnley
FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 F 8:
A 3
67% successful
1928-29
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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John Bruton |
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Birth |
21 November 1903
in Westhoughton, Lancashire [registered in
Bolton, December 1903]. |
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Baptism |
20 December 1903
in St Bartholomew Church, Westhoughton. |
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According to the 1911 census,
the seven year-old John was the second eldest of five children to John
Thomas and Hannah (née Ashcroft), living at 8 Common Street in Westhoughton. His father
is a coal mine hewer. |
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According to the 1921 census,
John is a coal drawer at the local colliery and is the second of seven
children still at home with their parents, living at 480 Wigan Road in Westhoughton. |
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Marriage |
to Harriet E. Taylor
[registered in Bolton, June 1933] |
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Cannot be found on the 1939 register. |
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Death |
13 March 1986
at 33 Charminster Avenue in in
Bournemouth,
aged
82 years 112 days
[registered in Bournemouth, Dorset] |
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Probate |
"BRUTON, John
of 33 Charminster Av Bournemouth died 13 March 1986 Probate Winchester 14 May Not exceeding £40000." |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Started playing
football in the Westhoughton Sunday School League and also with Hindley
Green FC of the Lancashire Alliance. He also signed amateur forms with
Wigan Borough FC at this time. Joined Horwich RMI FC in 1924-25. Burnley
FC then paid £125 to sign him on 14 March 1925, following a
successful trial against Newcastle United FC.
He made 167 league appearances, scoring 42
goals. Blackburn Rovers FC then spent £6500 to take him on
5 December 1929. He made another 324 league
appearances, scoring 108 goals. He retired from playing during WW2. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5' 8", 10st.
[1925].
5'
8½", 10st.
6lbs [1929]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
After WW2 ended,
Bruton remained with Blackburn Rovers FC, becoming the club's assistant secretary.
On 10 December 1947, he stepped into the manager's shoes, a position he held
until his resignation on 10 May 1949. On 14 March 1950, he then became the manager at
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic FC until March 1956. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of six who became 528th
players (531) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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First match |
No. 160, 17 May 1928,
France
1 England 5,
an end-of-season tour match at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris,
aged 24 years
178 days. |
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Last match |
No. 164, 13 April 1929,
Scotland
1
England 0,
a British Championship match at
Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 24 years 143 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1928-29; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died five days
after Jack Morton, a week after
George Thornewell and a week after Pat Beasley. |
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Beyond England |
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Jack worked as a miner prior to
taking up the game professionally and for a lamp company after leaving
Bournemouth. He did return to the game in 1961 as a scout for Blackburn
Rovers FC, subsequently having scouting spells with Bournemouth & Boscombe
Athletic FC and Portsmouth FC. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.51. |
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