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Harburn
Harburn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bill Harburn (1923–1970), British footballer * Colin Harburn (1938–2022), Australian cricketer * Peter Harburn (1931–2010), British footballer See also * Harburn, West Lothian {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Harburn
William Nicholson Harburn (19 November 1923 – 15 October 1970) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Darlington and in non-league football for several clubs in the north-east of England. After emigrating to Australia, he played for Hakoah in the Victorian State League and was a member of Australia's squad for the 1956 Olympics. He began his career as a centre forward, later played at wing half and finished up at full back. He was one of 35 workers killed when a section of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapsed while under construction in 1970. Life and career Harburn was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. As a teenager he was a competition swimmer, and played football as a forward with South Bank's youth teams. He continued to represent South Bank after the war in the Northern League, and scored as they beat Tow Law 3–1 to win the 1948 Northern League Challenge Cup. In the 1947–48 Football League season, he appeared once as an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Harburn
Peter Arthur Patrick Harburn (18 June 1931 – 13 March 2010) was a professional footballer who scored 93 goals from 217 appearances in the Football League playing for Brighton & Hove Albion, Everton, Scunthorpe United and Workington. He played as a centre forward. He then played non-League football for Chelmsford City, where he also acted as trainer and manager, Stevenage Town and Wisbech Town. Life and career Harburn was born in Shoreditch, London. As a youngster, he was on Brentford's books before he joined the Royal Navy in 1946. While serving in the Navy, he played for Portsmouth as an amateur, but never played for that club in the League. Described as "a gauche amateur with Portsmouth, who had the happy habit of scoring via almost any part of his anatomy that the laws allowed", he moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion, and turned professional with that club in February 1956 having bought himself out of the service. A few days later he was mistakenly named in the Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Harburn
Colin Malcolm Harburn (3 September 1938 – 12 January 2022) was an Australian cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Western Australia between 1961/62 and 1964/65. His highest score was 139 against an Australian XI at the WACA Ground The WACA (formally the WACA Ground) is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. The stadium's name derives from the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association. The WACA has been referred to as Wester ... in April 1964. References External links * 1938 births 2022 deaths Australian cricketers Western Australia cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia {{Australia-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |