Edward Brueton

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{infobox football biography

| name = Edward Brueton

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| position = Goalkeeper

| birth_date = 1871

| birth_place = Penn, England

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| death_place = Wolverhampton, England

| years1 = | clubs1 = Stafford Rangers

| years2 = 1894 | clubs2 = Small Heath | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1894–???? | clubs3 = Willenhall Swifts

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Edward Brueton (1871 – after 1893) was an English footballer born in Penn, Staffordshire, who played in the Football League as a goalkeeper for Small Heath.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=40 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}

Playing career

He joined Small Heath from Stafford Rangers on trial in September 1894. Without even playing reserve team football,{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=76 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}} he stood in for regular goalkeeper Charles Partridge in the home game against Preston North End on 29 September, conceded four goals – the game finished as a 4–4 drawMatthews, p. 142. – and was back in non-league football with Willenhall Swifts by November.

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