Thomas Chester, Burnley

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iBase ID

239209

Reference identifier

EBU20130701004

Title

Thomas Chester, Burnley

Place

Burnley

Personal names

Thomas Chester

General notes

Thomas 'Tommy' Chester was a Scottish international football player, who played for Burnley between 1936 and 1939. It was with Bury, with whom he started his career in 1926 where he made the biggest impression. Tommy played 249 games at full-back for them, before leaving to join Burnley. Tommy's two seasons at Turf Moor clocked him up another 51 appearances and a solitary goal, scored in a 1-1 draw with Bradford City in December 1937. His career ended at Notts County with the war disrupting league football in 1940.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

11 x 15.5

Year of image

1937

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Locator

W136 (104)