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Scottish footballer For the current footballer, see Jamie Burns. For other people with the same name, see James Burns.

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Jim Burns
Personal information
Full name	James Burns
Date of birth	(1943-08-10) 10 August 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth	Stirling, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1967	Cowdenbeath	170	(24)
1967–1976	Clyde	270	(19)
1976–1980	Stirling Albion	66	(0)
Total		506	(43)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Burns (born 10 August 1943) is a Scottish former footballer.

Burns, a defender, began his career with Cowdenbeath. He made over 200 appearances for them before joining Clyde in 1967. Burns spent 9 years with the Glasgow club, and made over 300 appearances, making him one of the club's finest servants. Burns left Clyde in 1976 to join Stirling Albion. He retired in 1980, and became a coach at Stirling.

References

^ "Jim Burns". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

v t e Cowdenbeath F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
Players	Adamson H. Allan R. Allan Archibald Armstrong R. Birrell W. Birrell Bostock G. Brown J. Brown Buchanan Buckley Burns Cairns Callaghan Cowan Curle Devlin Dickson Drummond Dryburgh Edwards Falconer Frame Geddes Gildea Gilfillan Glancy Gomis Grant Hamill Hay Hemmings Henderson Hendren Hughes Jack Jones Jordan Kinnell Laing Lancaster Law Leonard Liddle Lindsay Mackenzie Malone Mbu McArthur McDowell McGarr McGlashan McGregor McLauchlan Menzies Mercer Middleton Mowbray Murphy Murray Paatelainen J. Paterson W. Paterson Philp Ja. Pollock Jo. Pollock Pullar Quinn Rankin Rankine Reid Renfrew Ritchie J. Robertson P. Robertson Ross R. Russell T. Russell Smith Steele G. Stewart W. Stewart Tait Taylor Turnbull Venters Walker Wall Walls Ward Wilson Winter Wright Yardley
Managers	Duncan Harrow Levein Matthew Rolland

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