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Eddie King
Personal information
Full name Edward Burn King
Date of birth 5 December 1886
Place of birth Blyth, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
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.

Personal life

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. After his retirement from football due to being wounded, he became a miner.

Career statistics

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 First Division 11 0 2 0 13 0
Clapton Orient 1914–15 Second Division 17 0 0 0 17 0
Career total 28 0 2 0 30 0

References

  1. ^ "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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