Eddie Burns

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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:

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.

References

"Burns declares his Fitness for League Grand Final" The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, 19 September 1947 (p. 12)

v t e Canterbury-Bankstown squad - 1938 NSWRFL premiers (1st title)

1. Tom Kirk 2. Edgar Newham 3. Alan Brady (Ca./Co.) 4. Jim Champion 5. Joe Gartner 6. Jim Duncombe 7. Roy McCarter 8. Eddie Burns 9. Roy Kirkaldy 10. Henry Porter 11. Jim McCormack 12. Roy McCallum 13. Frank Sponberg Coach: Jimmy Craig

v t e Canterbury-Bankstown squad - 1942 NSWRFL premiers (2nd title)

1. Lindsay Johnson 2. Edgar Newham 3. Ron Bailey (c) 4. Ron Knight 5. Bob Jackson 6. Tom Ezart 7. Jack Bonnyman 8. Henry Porter 9. Roy Kirkaldy 10. Eddie Burns 11. George Elley 12. Bob Farrar 13. Frank Sponberg Coach: Jerry Brien

Persondata
Name	Burns, Eddie
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rugby league player
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	2004
Place of death

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