Edward A. Bullen (1884 – 11 August 1917) was an English professional football

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who made over 180

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appearances for Bury and captained the club.

Personal life

Bullen was born in

Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The populati ...

and grew up in

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. While he was footballer with Bury, he ran a

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in Warrington. In August 1916, two years after the outbreak of the

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, Bullen enlisted as a gunner in the

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. He was killed at Vaulx-Vraucourt, France on 11 August 1917 and was buried in Vraucourt Copse Cemetery. At the time of his death, Bullen's wife was pregnant with their first child.

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Teddy Bullen
at buryfc.co.uk 1884 births 1917 deaths Footballers from Warrington English footballers English Football League players Association football midfielders British Army personnel of World War I Royal Field Artillery soldiers British military personnel killed in World War I Altrincham F.C. players Bury F.C. players Military personnel from Cheshire {{England-footy-midfielder-1880s-stub