Norman Brunskill

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Norman Brunskill
Personal information
Full name	Norman H. Brunskill
Date of birth	14 June 1912(1912-06-14)
Place of birth	Dipton, England
Date of death	28 February 1988 (aged 75)
Place of death	Boston, England
Playing position	Wing half
Youth clubs
1930–1931	Lintz Colliery Huddersfield Town
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1931–1932 1932–1936 1936–1938 1938–1946	Huddersfield Town Oldham Athletic Birmingham Barnsley	000 0(0) 143 (10) 063 0(2) 031 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Norman H. Brunskill (14 June 1912 – 28 February 1988) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half. He made nearly 250 appearances in the Football League playing for Oldham Athletic, Birmingham and Barnsley.^[1]

Born in Dipton, County Durham, Brunskill worked as a coal miner and began his football career with works team Lintz Colliery F.C. A trial with Newcastle United came to nothing, but in October 1930 he signed for Huddersfield Town as an amateur, singing professional forms at the end of the 1930–31 season.^[2] The following season produced no first-team appearances^[1] so he moved on to Oldham Athletic, where he spent four seasons before Birmingham paid £1,300 for his services. After two years and 65 appearances in all competitions, he joined Barnsley, with whom he won the championship of the Third Division (North) in 1938–39. During the Second World War he made guest appearances for Middlesbrough and Hartlepools United, and was released from his contract with Barnsley at the end of the war. He died in Boston, Lincolnshire, aged 75.^[2]

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Persondata
NAME	Brunskill, Norman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brunskill, Norman H.
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1912-06-14
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dipton, County Durham, England
DATE OF DEATH	1988-02-28
PLACE OF DEATH	Boston, Lincolnshire, England