- Stan Burton
Infobox Football biography
playername = Stan Burton
fullname = Stanley Burton
dateofbirth = birthdate|1912|3|3
cityofbirth =Wombwell , nearBarnsley
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = 1977
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Winger
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 19Xx–1938
1938–1939
1939
clubs = Doncaster Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United
fc|Frickley Colliery
caps(goals) =
028 0(3)
001 0(3)Stanley "Stan" Burton (
3 March 1912 - 1977) was an English footballer, who played in the1939 FA Cup Final for Wolverhampton Wanderers.Career
Burton began his league career at Doncaster Rovers before moving to First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1938.
He made his Wolves debut on
10 September 1938 in a 1-0 win at fc|Brentford and made 32 appearances during the season which saw them reach the FA Cup Final. Burton played in the Wembley showpiece where they lost to underdogs fc|Portsmouth.This turned out to be his only season at Molineux though, as he headed south to join West Ham United. However, he made only one appearance for the club before competitive football was suspended due to
World War II , which effectively ended his playing career.He died in 1977.
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