Thomas Burn

Thomas Christopher Burn (born November 29, 1888 [Some sources report his year of birth "1889".] - September 25, 1916 [Some sources say that he died in 1914, while Ian Buchanan states that in 1916 an identically named person died and the Olympian was known to be alive in 1938.] ) was a Scottish-born England amateur footballer who played at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the United Kingdom team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. Burn was the only non-Englishman in the team. He played in all three of the games against Hungary, Finland and Denmark ["The Complete Results & Line-ups of the Olympic Football Tournaments 1900-2004": Colin Jose (2004)] [ [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BURNTHO01 www.databaseolympics.com] ] . He played his club football for London Caledonians F.C.

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