Buster Cairns, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Buster Cairns

Canadian soccer player

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1925

Place of Birth: Clayburn, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Death: 13-Nov-2010

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Buster Cairns

  • Roy Desmond "Buster" Cairns (February 15, 1925-13 November 2010) was a Canadian soccer player.
  • He was a five-time national champion with Canadian clubs Vancouver City FC (1950) and Westminster Royals FC (1953, 1955, 1958, 1960).
  • He was also Canada's starting left back for three matches during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1957.
  • After his retirement, he became an honoured member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. In the Pacific Coast League, Cairns won five championships, one with Vancouver St.
  • Andrews (1947-48) and four with the Westminster Royals FC (1952-53, 1956, 1957, and 1960-61).
  • He was a regular all-star selection, representing British Columbia in four-straight years from 1950 to 1953 and then again in 1957.
  • Along with winning five Dominion titles, he also won three runner-up medals (1951 with St.
  • Andrews, 1952 and 1959 with Westminster). He was at his best in 1953 when he was most valuable player of the Dominion of Canada Football Championship.
  • After winning the national title, he captained Westminster to the North American Club Championship over the Chicago Falcons.In later years Cairns worked as a volunteer in the Crime Prevention Office of the New Westminster Police Office.
  • He was inducted into Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

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