Burton O'Brien (born 10 June 1981) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a central midfielder.
He began his career with St Mirren before moving to English club Blackburn Rovers for a £300,000 fee in 1999.
After only making one first team appearance at Blackburn, he joined Livingston in 2002 and won the Scottish League Cup with them in 2004.
he subsequently played for Sheffield Wednesday and Falkirk before rejoining Livingston in 2012.
He joined Alloa Athletic in June 2015 where he spent one season before signing for Cowdenbeath.
O'Brien announced his retirement on social media at the end of the 2016–17 season.After playing for Scotland at under-21 level, O'Brien tried unsuccessfully to switch nationality to represent South Africa, the country where he was born.