William Bury (footballer)

William Henry Bury (1865–1939) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back.

He immediately established a full-back partnership with Sandy Lang, who had also arrived at Turf Moor from Padiham and the two became stalwarts in the Burnley defence.

[1] William Bury made his League debut on 8 September 1888, playing as a full–back, at Deepdale, the home of Preston North End.

As a full-back (20 appearances) he played in a Burnley defence that achieved four clean sheets and restricted the opposition to one-League-goal-in-a-match on three separate occasions.

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a defender born in the 1860s, is a stub.