Eric Burgin

Eric Burgin
Personal information
Full name Eric Burgin[1]
Date of birth (1924-01-04)4 January 1924[1]
Place of birth Pitsmoor, England
Date of death 16 November 2012(2012-11-16) (aged 88)
Place of death Sheffield, England
Height 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)[2]
Playing position Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1949 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1949–1951 York City 23 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Eric Burgin (4 January 1924 – 16 November 2012) was an English first-class cricketer and a professional footballer.

Career

Born in Pitsmoor, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, Burgin was a right arm medium pacer who played 12 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He took 31 wickets at an average of 25.64, with a best of 6 for 43 against Surrey. A right-handed lower order bat, he scored 92 runs at 13.14, with a top score of 32 made against Middlesex.[3] Burgin died in November 2012 in Sheffield, aged 88.[4]

Burgin also played professional football; he signed for Sheffield United in December 1946 and played for their reserve team in the Central League.[2][5] He joined Third Division North club York City in May 1949 and competed with Alan Stewart for the centre half spot in the team.[2] He made 23 appearances before injury forced him to retire in August 1951.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-85291-665-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jarred, Martin; Windross, Dave (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Citizen Publications. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.
  3. ↑ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  4. ↑ "Condolences". Sheffield United F.C. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Eric Burgin, destroyer of the Red Rose, dies at 88". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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