Brian Birch (footballer, born 1938)

Brian Birch
Personal information
Full name	Brian Birch^[1]
Date of birth	(1938-04-09) 9 April 1938
Place of birth	Southport, Lancashire,^[1] England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)^[2]
Playing position	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1955–1964	Bolton Wanderers	165	(23)
1964–1967	Rochdale	61	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Brian Birch (born 9 April 1938) is an English former footballer who played for the majority of his career at Bolton Wanderers. He played mainly as an outside right.

Birch made his debut for Bolton at the age of 16 in the autumn of 1954 but did not make the regular first team until the 1957-58 season. He was an ever present in Bolton's victorious FA Cup run. He remained a regular up to the 1961-62 season but was pushed out of the team by the arrival of Brian Pilkington. Staying on the fringes for three more years he finally made the short journey across Lancashire to Rochdale, where he remained for three more years before moving into non-league football.

Birch was a schoolboy international, and was capped by England at youth level.^[1]

Birch is the grandfather of Canadian footballer Will Johnson.

References

Ivan Ponting and Barry Hugman (1994). The Concise Post War History of Bolton Wanderers. Repvern Publishing. ISBN 1-869833-27-9.

1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
↑ Soccer Who's Who compiled by Maurice Golesworthy The Sportsmans Book Club 1965

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