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Scotsman Frank Hill, who was in charge of Burnley from October 1948 to August 1954, was the first non-English manager in the club's history. [7] From 1954 to 1983, under chairman Bob Lord, only managers with a previous playing career at the club were appointed—this trend ended when John Bond took the post in June 1983.
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John Haworth was the first manager in the club's history to win a major honour, the FA Cup in 1914; under Haworth, Burnley also became champions of England for the first time in 1920–21. [16] Harry Potts led the club to its second First Division title during the 1959–60 campaign. [ 22 ]
All Burnley (team) managers until 1945 also assumed secretarial duties at some point but not everyone was a "full-time secretary-manager". E.g. Bradshaw was appointed team manager in 1894 and only assumed secretarial duties from 1897 until his departure, whereas Haworth was secretary/manager during his whole stint at the club.
During the off-season in 1894, Burnley followed several other clubs and appointed a team manager; before, the Burnley team was selected by the board of directors or a committee whose secretary had the same powers and role as a manager has today. Burnley-born Harry Bradshaw was appointed; he had been involved with the club since its foundation ...
Hill returned to Britain in 1944 and became player-manager of Crewe Alexandra (making 20 appearances, excluding Football War League games, and playing his last game for Crewe in February 1948) [11] until he was 42. He went on to manage Burnley from September 1948 to 1954 then Preston North End from 1954 to 1956. [12]
In February 1970, when Burnley manager Harry Potts was made general manager, Adamson stepped up to become team manager. Burnley were relegated at the end his first full season in charge, but returned to the top-flight in 1973, winning the Second Division title. [2] Burnley were relegated again in 1976, although Adamson had already left that ...
Henry Bradshaw (1853 – 28 September 1924) was an English football manager. Although he was never a professional footballer himself, Bradshaw was a committee member of Burnley since 1887. [ 1 ] In August 1894, he became Burnley's inaugural first team manager. [ 1 ]