Tommy Burns (soccer player)

Tommy Burns
Personnel
Surname	Thomas Burns
birthday	December 16, 1956
place of birth	Glasgow ,  Scotland
date of death	May 15, 2008
Place of death	Glasgow ,  Scotland
position	midfield
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1975-1989	Celtic Glasgow	352 (52)
1989-1994	FC Kilmarnock	151 (16)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1981-1988	Scotland	8 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1992-1994	FC Kilmarnock
1994-1997	Celtic Glasgow
1998-1999	Reading FC
1 Only league games are given.

Thomas "Tommy" Burns (born December 16, 1956 in Glasgow , Scotland ; † May 15, 2008 ibid.) Was a Scottish football player and coach .

Career

Career as a football player

Burns was signed by Celtic Glasgow in 1973 . He had previously played for amateur club Maryhill FC . He made his debut for Celtic against Dundee United on April 19, 1975. He was part of the team that won the 1988 championship and cup . In 1989 he moved to FC Kilmarnock .

Career as a coach

From 1992 to 1999 he coached Kilmarnock FC , Celtic Glasgow and Reading FC . With Celtic he won the Scottish Cup in 1995 .

successes

As a player:

• Scottish Championship : 1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1982 , 1986 , 1988
• Scottish FA Cup : 1977 , 1980 , 1985 , 1988 , 1989
• Scottish League Cup : 1983

As a trainer:

• Scottish FA Cup : 1995

Sickness and death

In 2006 Burns underwent skin cancer treatment . On May 15, 2008 he succumbed to cancer in Glasgow.

Web links

• Burns on the Celtic Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary on the Celtic FC website, accessed on February 19, 2016 (English)
2. ↑ Celtic's Burns loses cancer fight BBC, accessed February 19, 2016