Jeffrey Albert Bourne was an English footballer who played as a striker.
14 Facts About Jeff Bourne
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Jeff Bourne saw limited time with the first team, playing mostly with the reserves until January 1974.
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Jeff Bourne found himself back with the reserves the next season, with occasional stretches of first team.
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At the time that Jeff Bourne joined Crystal Palace the team was in a free fall.
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Jeff Bourne made an immediate impact, scoring nine goals in fifteen games and helping Crystal Palace return to the Second Division.
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Jeff Bourne first played in the United States when he came to the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League on loan from Derby County in 1976.
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Jeff Bourne scored fifteen goals in twenty-two games earning second-team All Star honors.
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Jeff Bourne scored eighteen goals in twenty-nine games for the Chiefs in 1979, but his production dropped to five goals in twenty games in 1980.
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That winter, Jeff Bourne was one of the top players during the NASL indoor season, scoring twenty-one goals in seventeen games.
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Jeff Bourne played the 1981 season, his last in the NASL, with Seattle.
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The Slickers attempted to acquire him for the 1983 ASL season, but the Wings asking price was too high and Jeff Bourne signed with the Dallas Americans.
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Jeff Bourne led the league in scoring with seventeen goals.
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Jeff Bourne returned to the Wings and was the league's second-leading scorer when he suffered a season-ending injury in April 1984.
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Jeff Bourne died on 31 July 2014 from motor neurone disease, having only been diagnosed with the disease nine weeks previously.