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English footballer

Teddy Bullen
Personal information
Full name Edward A. Bullen
Date of birth 1884
Place of birth Warrington, England
Date of death 11 August 1917 (aged 32–33)
Place of death Vaulx-Vraucourt, France
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
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. He also captained the club.

Personal life

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

Career statistics

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

References

  1. Teddy Bullen on Lives of the First World War
  2. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ^ "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. ^ 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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