John Burckitt

John Burckitt
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-12-16)16 December 1946
Place of birth Coventry, England
Date of death 1999 (aged 52)
Position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1968 Coventry City 5 (0)
1967 → Bradford City (loan) 9 (0)
1968–19?? Walsall 0 (0)
19??–1970 Rugby Town
1970–1971 Nuneaton Borough
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

John D. Burckitt (16 December 1946 – 1999) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back.

Career

Born in Coventry, Burckitt played for Coventry, Bradford City and Walsall.

Burckitt made his debut for Coventry in October 1964, and made seven appearances for the club, five in the Second Division and two in the League Cup. While with Coventry, he played for the England youth team that reached the final of the 1965 European Youth Championships.

His final appearance for Coventry was in September 1966 in a League Cup tie against Derby County. He joined Bradford City on loan from Coventry City, and was with the club from March to July 1967. He made nine appearances in the Football League for the club.

Burckitt left Coventry in the 1968 close season for Walsall, but never appeared for their first team, and went on to play non-league football for Rugby Town and Nuneaton Borough.

He died in late 1999 at the age of 52.

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 "John Burckitt". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Brown, Jim (13 November 1999). "City fringe man was England youth star". The Pink. Coventry. p. 14.
  3. ↑ "Coventry City: 1946/47–2012/13". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Jones, Ken (4 December 1970). "Which two England youth stars will make the first eleven?". Daily Mirror. p. 23.
  5. ↑ Garin, Erik & Jönsson, Mikael (9 June 2000). "UEFA Youth Tournament Under 18, 1965". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Frost, p. 392
  7. ↑ "Bradford City: 1946/47–2012/13". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Frost, p. 380