Bertram Clewley Freeman was an English footballer.
16 Facts About Bert Freeman
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Bert Freeman played as a centre forward for clubs Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Burnley and Wigan Borough.
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Bert Freeman was capped at the senior level for England.
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Bert Freeman was born in Handsworth, Birmingham and attended Gower Street School in Aston, where he started to make a name for himself as a prolific goal-scorer.
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Bert Freeman ended his schooldays with two games in which he scored seven and nine times respectively.
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Bert Freeman made his debut in a goalless draw away to Liverpool on 17 April 1908 and played in the remaining four games of the season, scoring once.
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Bert Freeman soon formed a useful partnership with his former Arsenal teammate Tim Coleman, who had joined Everton a few weeks earlier.
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Bert Freeman won his first international cap for England in the 1909 British Home Championship match against Wales on 15 March 1909.
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Bert Freeman played for the Football League against the Irish League in 1909, scoring four goals.
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Bert Freeman made his Burnley debut at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 15 April 1911.
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For Bert Freeman there was the satisfaction of finishing as the league's top scorer with 32 goals from 33 appearances and returning to the England side.
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Bert Freeman then had to sit and watch as none of the next thirty games were lost and his league career at Burnley was over.
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Bert Freeman could burst through with the best; moreover he could engineer openings for his colleagues and was an artist with the ball at his toes.
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Bert Freeman will be greatly missed at Turf Moor, where he made himself one of the most popular players the club has ever possessed.
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Bert Freeman subsequently played for Kettering Town and Kidderminster Harriers before retiring from football.
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Bert Freeman's brother, Walter was a footballer, playing for Aston Villa, Birmingham and Fulham.