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418: 329:. After leaving the army in 1945 he re-opened his sports shop in Sutton-in-Ashfield, he also became player-manager of Ollerton Colliery for a time. Horace Burrows continued to run his shop until his death on 22 March 1969. The shop is no longer trading, but was run by his son Adrian who also played professional football between 1979 and 1993 making over 200 appearances for 316:
At the outbreak of war, Burrows continued to play for Wednesday in the wartime leagues and work in a sports shop that he had opened in his home town of Sutton-in-Ashfield. He played 49 wartime games for Wednesday and several as a guest for
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and became Wednesday's regular left half for the next six seasons up to the outbreak of World War II. He played in 136 consecutive games for Wednesday from April 1933 till March 1936. This sequence of games included Wednesday's
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and was signed on after a successful tryout. Burrows never managed to break into the Coventry first team and after a year was forced to drop back to playing
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Burrows found it impossible to force his way into the Wednesday side at left half, initially being kept out by
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Schools and played for local club Sutton Junction F.C. In February 1929 he was offered a trial by
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whose league career lasted from 1932 to 1939, his career was curtailed by the outbreak of
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when they lifted the trophy. He subsequently played as Wednesday won the
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and he signed for Wednesday on 1 May 1931 for a fee of £200.
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before being called up in January 1942 and joining the
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Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Mansfield Town
Sheffield Wednesday
England
footballer
Mansfield Town
Sheffield Wednesday
left half
World War II
England national football team
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
Division Three South
Coventry City
Non-League football
Midland Football League
The Football League
Bob Brown
Gavin Malloch
Manchester City
FA Cup
1935
1935 FA Charity Shield
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Holland
Wilf Copping
Millwall
Sherwood Foresters

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