Teddy Bullen

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Teddy Bullen
Personal information
Full name Edward A. Bullen[1]
Date of birth 1884
Place of birth Warrington, England
Date of death 11 August 1917 (aged 32–33)[2]
Place of death Vaulx-Vraucourt, France[3]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[4]
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903–1906 Altrincham 33
1906–1917 Bury 188 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward A. Bullen (1884 – 11 August 1917) was an English professional footballer who made over 180 Football League appearances as a left half for Bury.[5] He also captained the club.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Bullen was born in Warrington and grew up in Altrincham.[3] While he was footballer with Bury, he ran a pub in Sankey, Warrington.[3] In August 1916, two years after the outbreak of the First World War, Bullen enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery.[6] He was killed at Vaulx-Vraucourt, France on 11 August 1917 and was reburied in Vraucourt Copse Cemetery in the late 1920s.[2][7][8] At the time of his death, Bullen's wife was pregnant with their first child.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bury 1914–15[9] Second Division 32 1 0 0 32 1
Career total 32 1 0 0 32 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ Teddy Bullen on Lives of the First World War
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "In memory of Teddy Bullen". www.buryfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Bury". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 45. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  6. ^ a b c Parsons, Mike. "Top-flight footballer Teddy inducted into Hall of Heroes". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Edward Bullen | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Ex-Bury FC chaplain remembers its fallen First World War hero". Bury Times. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Bury Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

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