Brian Birch (footballer, born 1938), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Brian Birch (footballer, born 1938)

English footballer

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1938

Place of Birth: Southport, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Brian Birch (born 9 April 1938) is an English former footballer who played for the majority of his career at Bolton Wanderers.
He played mainly as an outside right. Birch made his debut for Bolton at the age of 16 in the autumn of 1954 but did not make the regular first team until the 1957–58 season.
He was an ever-present in Bolton's victorious FA Cup run.
He remained a regular up to the 1961–62 season but was pushed out of the team by the arrival of Brian Pilkington.
Staying on the fringes for three more years he finally made the short journey across Lancashire to Rochdale, where he remained for three more years before moving into non-league football. Birch was a schoolboy international, and was capped by England at youth level.Birch is the grandfather of Canadian footballer Will Johnson.