David Burnside (footballer)

David Burnside
Personal information
Full name David Gort Burnside[1]
Date of birth (1939-12-10)10 December 1939
Place of birth Kingswood, England
Date of death 17 October 2009(2009-10-17) (aged 69)
Place of death Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1955 Bristol City
1955–1957 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1962 West Bromwich Albion 127 (39)
1962–1964 Southampton 61 (22)
1964–1966 Crystal Palace 58 (8)
1966–1968 Wolverhampton Wanderers 40 (5)
1967 → Los Angeles Wolves (guest) 12 (1)
1968–1971 Plymouth Argyle 105 (15)
1971–1972 Bristol City 1 (0)
1972 Colchester United 13 (0)
1972–1973 Bath City 37 (0)
International career
1961 England U-23 2 (0)
Managerial career
1972–1973 Bath City (Player-manager)
1993 England U-20
2000 Bristol City (Joint caretaker-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Gort Burnside (10 December 1939 – 17 October 2009) was an English footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder. He made a total of 405 appearances in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion, Southampton, Crystal Palace, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Plymouth Argyle, Bristol City and Colcester United. He then moved into non-League football becoming player-manager at Bath City and later became a youth trainer with England and briefly manager at Bristol City. He also made appearances for Los Angeles Wolves as a guest.

  1. ^ Cowdery, Rick & Curno, Mike (2009). Plymouth Argyle: Miscellany. Durrington: Pitch Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-905411-40-5.
  2. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.