Matt Brunton
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Full name
Matthew Brunton[1]
Date of birth
20 April 1878
Place of birth
Burnley, England
Date of death
29 December 1962 (aged 84)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Brunton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 April 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Burnley, England | ||
| Date of death | 29 December 1962 (aged 84)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Burnley, England | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| c. 1894 | Vale XI | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1899–1900 | Preston North End | 8 | (2) |
| 1900–1901 | Accrington Stanley | ||
| 1901–1902 | Burnley | 30 | (8) |
| 1902–1904 | Accrington Stanley | (40) | |
| 1904–1905 | Leicester Fosse | 5 | (0) |
| 1905–1906 | Nelson | ||
| 1906–1907 | Accrington Stanley | ||
| 1907–1908 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | (0) |
| 1908–1909 | Southport Central | 30 | (8) |
| c. 1909 | Great Harwood | ||
| c. 1909 | Haslingden | ||
| c. 1910 | Darwen | ||
| c. 1910 | Accrington Stanley | ||
| 1910–11 | Rossendale United | 12 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Matthew Brunton (20 April 1878 – 29 December 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Burnley, Preston North End, Leicester Fosse and Oldham Athletic.[1][3][4][2] He had a long playing association with Accrington Stanley and served as trainer-coach during the club's maiden Football League season in 1921–22.[5]
Brunton was a soldier in the South Lancashire Regiment and was bought out of the army to become a professional footballer.[6][7] Prior to the First World War, he worked at the Burnley Corporation Baths.[6] He served as a sergeant in the South Lancashire Regiment during the war and was wounded in the leg in January 1916.[6][8]
