Ralph Burkinshaw

Infobox Football biography
playername = Ralph Burkinshaw


fullname = Ralph Burkinshaw
dateofbirth = birth date|1898|3|26|df=y
cityofbirth = Kilnhurst
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = June 1951 (Age 53)
height =
position = Inside forward or Right half
youthyears = 1914
youthclubs = Barnsley
years = 1919
1920
1920
1920–1925
1925–1930
1930–1932
1932–1933
1933–1936
clubs = South Shields
Northampton Town
Gainsborough Trinity
Bury
Bradford City
Wrexham
Scarborough
Mexborough Athletic
Denaby United
caps(goals) = 002 0(0)
000 0(0)

104 (20)
166 (30)
064 0(1)



nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =

Ralph Burkinshaw (born 26 March 1898 in Kilnhurst, England; died in June 1951) was an English professional footballer who played for a number of clubs.

Career

Ralph Burkinshaw had guested for a number of South Yorkshire clubs during First World War football, before starting his full career at South Shields in 1919.cite book
last = Frost
first = Terry
title = Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988
publisher = Breedon Books Sport
year = 1988
pages = p89
isbn = 0907969380] He played just two games at South Shields during the club's first season in Division Two before having brief spells at Northampton Town and Gainsborough Trinity. In November 1920 he signed for Bury where he spent nearly five years, including 13 gamges in Division One during his 1924–25 benefit season.

In July 1925 he signed for Bradford City as an inside forward although he spent much of his Bradford career as a right half.. He also spent five seasons at Bradford, including being top scorer with 12 league goals and two FA Cup goals in the 1927–28 season and being an ever-present in the club's 1928–29 title-winning season in Division Three (North). He signed for Wrexham in July 1930, winning a Welsh Cup in his first season and later served as assistant manager. He left Wrexham to finish his career in non-league, with first Scarborough, then Mexborough Athletic and finally Denaby United.

He was also a useful batsman in Yorkshire league cricket.

Burkinshaw died in June 1951.

Honours

Bradford City
*Football League Third Division North: 1928–29

Wrexham
*Welsh Cup: 1931

References