Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - UK squad

Thomas Christopher Burn (29 November 1888 – 23 July 1976) was an England amateur

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who played at the

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. He was part of the

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team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played in all three of the games against

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and

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. He played his club football for London Caledonians F.C. He also played in the English FA XI tour of South Africa in 1920."British and Irish Special and Intermediate Internationals", Soccer Data publications, Keith Warsop

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1888 births 1976 deaths English footballers English Olympic medallists England amateur international footballers Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Association football defenders Place of birth missing {{England-footy-defender-1880s-stub