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John Gordon Burness (October 2, 1906 – June 20, 1989) was a
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who earned a cap with both the
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and
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national teams. He began his career in Scotland before moving to Canada and then the United States, where he spent six seasons in the American Soccer League.


Club career

Born in Montrose, Burness began playing with local junior side Brechin Victoria, then
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in the
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in summer 1923. At the end of the same year, he transferred to
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. He then left Scotland for Canada where he played for Toronto Scottish. In 1925, he signed with the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League. After two seasons, he transferred to the
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, winning the 1927–28 league title with them. Burness began the 1929–30 season with Boston, but moved to the New Bedford Whalers after only four games. He played ten with the Whalers, then transferred to the
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for one game in the 1929–30 season. He then played nineteen games of the 1930 fall season in Pawtucket, before transferring to the Fall River F.C. for the final six league games. The 'Marksmen' merged with the New York Soccer Club in 1931 to form the
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. Burness remained with the renamed team for the 1931 spring season. However, the team had already begun games in the
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under the name Fall River, so Burness and his teammates won the National Cup as the Fall River F.C. That cup went to three games and Burness scored one of the two Fall River goals in the 2–0 final game victory. He then finished his professional career with the Boston Bears in the 1931 fall season.


National team

Burness earned his first cap, with
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, in a 6–1 loss to the
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on November 8, 1925. He scored the lone Canadian goal in the loss. A year later, he became one of a handful of players to earn a cap with two countries when he played for the U.S. in a 6–2 win over Canada on November 6, 1926.


Post soccer career

Burness later worked as a traffic controller of ocean shipping for Exxon Oil Company."J. Gordon Burness was Shipping Controller; AT 82" ''Boston Globe'' - Sunday, July 23, 1989


See also

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References


External links


National Soccer Hall of Fame eligibility bio
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