Eddie Burns

Eddie Burns
Personal information
Full name Edward Burns
Died June 2004 (age 87)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1935–40 Canterbury-Bankstn. 147 13 0 0 39
1940 Waratah Mayfield
1941–50 Canterbury-Bankstn. 65 47 0 0 157
Total 212 60 0 0 196
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948 New South Wales 2
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1960–62 Canterbury-Bankstn.
1965 Canterbury-Bankstn.
Total 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
196?–6? New South Wales
Source: [1]

Eddie Burns (born in Canterbury, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach of the mid 20th century. A New South Wales representative prop-forward, he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the NSWRFL Premiership, later becoming their coach.

While still a teenager, Burns played in the Canterbury-Bankstown club's first ever season and was sent off in his first match.

He retired in 1950 as the Canterbury club's top try-scorer, with 65, a record not bettered until Chris Anderson in 1978.

Burns' career as coach of Canterbury-Bankstown was subject to a two-year interruption when Clive Churchill was selected as the club's coach.

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