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Eddie King (footballer, born 1886)

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Eddie King
Personal information
Full name Edward Burn King[1]
Date of birth 5 December 1886[2]
Place of birth Blyth, England[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1910 South Shields
1910–1912 Leyton
1912–1914 Woolwich Arsenal 11 (0)
1914–1916 Clapton Orient 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Burn King (5 December 1886 – after 1913) was an English professional footballer who played as a right half in the Football League for Clapton Orient and Woolwich Arsenal.[4][5]

Personal life

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King served as a private in the Football Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) and the Labour Corps during the First World War.[1][6] After his retirement from football due to being wounded, he became a miner.[7]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Woolwich Arsenal 1912–13[8] First Division 11 0 2 0 13 0
Clapton Orient 1914–15[9] Second Division 17 0 0 0 17 0
Career total 28 0 2 0 30 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Edward Burn King | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ Eddie King at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Woolwich Arsenal". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 164. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  5. ^ "Edward King". Arsenal.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  6. ^ "The Footballers' Battalions". www.football-league.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Our her-O's: Part three of Orient's WW1 Heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Edward King". 11v11.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 17 June 2017.


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