John Gordon Burness (2 October 1906 – 20 June 1989)[1] was a soccer wing forward who earned a cap with both the Canadian and U.S. national teams.
[2] He began his career in Scotland before moving to Canada and then the United States, where he spent six seasons in the American Soccer League.
Born in Montrose, Burness began playing with local junior side Brechin Victoria, then Forfar Athletic in the Scottish Football League in summer 1923.
A year later, he became one of a handful of players to earn a cap with two countries when he played for the U.S. in a 6–2 win over Canada on 6 November 1926.
[8] Burness later worked as a traffic controller of ocean shipping for Exxon Oil Company.