1924
Bert Burden
Birthplace
Oxford 1895
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Bert Burden - recorded in contemporary match reports as 'Burdon' and on his birth certificate as 'Herbert' but as 'Bertram' at the time of his death - was born in Oxford and moved to Exeter just after the Great War when in his early twenties.
A fast bowler for Exeter CC, and later a notable local golfer, Bert was a full-back with Heavitree when he joined Exeter City as an amateur at the start of the 1924/25 campaign. First seen in the public practice game on 16 August 1924, he continued to feature for the reserves in both the Southern League and Western League during the 1924/25 and 1925/26 seasons.
Subsequently continuing his football career with Friernhay, Bert was a tobacconist and newsagent in Queen Street, Exeter - and living in nearby Haldon Road - at the time of his death aged forty-nine when he was afforded an obituary in the Western Times of 24 August 1945.
A fast bowler for Exeter CC, and later a notable local golfer, Bert was a full-back with Heavitree when he joined Exeter City as an amateur at the start of the 1924/25 campaign. First seen in the public practice game on 16 August 1924, he continued to feature for the reserves in both the Southern League and Western League during the 1924/25 and 1925/26 seasons.
Subsequently continuing his football career with Friernhay, Bert was a tobacconist and newsagent in Queen Street, Exeter - and living in nearby Haldon Road - at the time of his death aged forty-nine when he was afforded an obituary in the Western Times of 24 August 1945.
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