# Billy Burnikell

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English footballer and manager

Billy Burnikell Personal information Full name William Frederick Burnikell Date of birth (1910-12-09)9 December 1910 Place of birth Southwick, England Date of death May 1980(1980-05-00) (aged 69) Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] Position Left half Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1929–1933 Lincoln City 25 (0) 1933–1937 Bradford City 53 (2) Aldershot Total 78 (2) Managerial career 1947 Landskrona BoIS 1947–1949 Helsingborg 1949 Landskrona BoIS (caretaker)[2] 1953–1954 Universidad Católica 1956 Halifax Town 1957–1959 Örebro SK 1960–1961 Degerfors IF * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**William Frederick Burnikell** (9 December 1910 – May 1980) was an English professional [football](/source/Association_football) player and manager. His surname was also spelt **Burnicle.**[3]

## Career

Born in [Southwick](/source/Southwick%2C_Sunderland), Burnikell played as a [left half](/source/Wing_half) for [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.), [Bradford City](/source/Bradford_City_A.F.C.) and [Aldershot](/source/Aldershot_F.C.).[4] For Lincoln City, he made 25 appearances in [the Football League](/source/The_Football_League).[5] For Bradford City, he made 52 appearances in the Football League, scoring two goals; he also made 3 [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) appearances.[6]

He later became a football manager and was in charge of [Halifax Town](/source/Halifax_Town_A.F.C.) between April and December 1956.[7] He also managed Swedish clubs [Landskrona BoIS](/source/Landskrona_BoIS), [Helsingborg](/source/Helsingborgs_IF), [Örebro SK](/source/%C3%96rebro_SK) and [Degerfors IF](/source/Degerfors_IF).[8][9] He also won the [Chilean Primera División](/source/Chilean_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n) in 1954 with [Universidad Católica](/source/Club_Deportivo_Universidad_Cat%C3%B3lica).[10]

## Sources

- Frost, Terry (1988). *Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988*. Breedon Books Sport. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-907969-38-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-907969-38-0).

- Jönsson, Åke (1975). *Ett fotbollslags historia: Landskrona BoIS 1915-1975*. Malmö Handelstryckeri AB.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bradford City. Young players turn out well"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-vii/134492706/). *Sunday Dispatch Football Guide*. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Jönsson, p. 49

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Frost, p. 410

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Frost, p. 392

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221550/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=burn03). redimps.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=burn03) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Frost, p. 380

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Kelly Gilchrist (16 February 2012). ["Managers Past And Present"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130103084144/http://www.halifaxafc.co.uk/club/History/). F.C. Halifax Town. Archived from [the original](http://www.halifaxafc.co.uk/club/History/) on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Klubbinformation"](http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/Klubbinformation-419152.aspx) (in Swedish). svenskafans.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [http://nwt.se/sport/folj_degerfors/article1116863.ece](http://nwt.se/sport/folj_degerfors/article1116863.ece) [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Chile - Coaches of Championship Teams - First Level"](https://www.rsssf.org/players/chil-coach-champ.html). *[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)*.

Managerial positions v t e Landskrona BoIS – managers Burnikell (1947, 1949) Dahl (1954–56) Anderberg (1963) Somfai (1964) Wikdahl (1965–1966) Hult (1970–71) Svensson (1972–76) Sørensen (1977–78) Schramm (1979) Olsson (1979) Spurgeon (1979–80) Marshall (1981–82) Cronqvist (1983–85) Stendal (1986) Svensson (1987–89) Gustafsson (1989–90) S. Johansson (1990) Karlsson (1991–93) Storm (1994–95) Ljungberg (1995–96) S. Johansson (1997–99) Almqvist (2000) Jönsson (2001–04) Hansen (2004) Jingblad (2004–05) P. Johansson (2006–07) Linderoth (2008–09) Larsson (2009–12) Pettersson (2013–14) P. Johansson (2014) Milošević (2015) Magnusson (2015) Sopi (2016–18) Karišik (2018) Majgaard Jensen (2018) Magnusson (2019–23) Mölder (2023–25) Asterhed (2025–) v t e Helsingborgs IF – managers Lundahl (1935–37) Dahl (1938–44) Lundahl (1944) Nielsen (1945–47) Hansen (1946) Burnikell (1947–49) Holländer (1949–50) Dahl (1950–54) Persson (1955–58) Vogel (1958–60) Wikdahl (1961–64) Szentpetery (1965) Weimann (1965) Jönsson (1965–68) Sørensen (1969–70) G. Andersson (1971) Weiman (1971) Hagberg (1972–73) Schnorrerberger (1974) Persson (1975) Birch (1976–77) Olsson (1977) B. Andersson (1978–80) Hansson (1980–81) Borg (1982–83) Svensson (1984–86) Nilsson (1987–94) Almqvist (1994–97) Hareide (1998–99) Bergstrand (2000–01) Cratz (2002) Swärdh (2002–06) Eklund (2006) Baxter (2006–07) Nilsson (2007–09) Karlsson (2010–12) Hareide (2012) Hansen (2013–14) Larsson (2015–16) Ljung (2017–19) Larsson (2019) Tengryd (2019) Mellberg (2019–20) Lennartsson (2021–22) Lindström & Santos (2022–23) Baxter (2023) Saarenpää (2024–25) Grieve (2025–) v t e Club Deportivo Universidad Católica – managers Teuche (1937) Garay (1938) Buccicardi (1941–42) De Mare (1943–46) Buccicardi (1949) Burnikell (1953–54) Aldabe (1955–56) Ormos (1956–57) Moreno (1957) Buccicardi (1958–59) Mocciola (1960–61) Riera (1963–65) A.Prieto (1966) Vidal (1966) Quiroz (1967) Riera (1968) Pérez (1969–73) Isella (1973) Ortega (1973) Vera (1974) Luco (1975) Fouillioux (1976) Jorquera (1976) Quiroz (1976–77) Luco (1977) Aravena (1978) Isella (1979–80) A. Prietoc (1980) Morales (1980) Santibáñez (1981–82) I. Prieto (1983–89) Carvallo (1990–91) Cantatore (1991–92) I. Prieto (1992–93) Pellegrini (1994–96) Pintoc (1996) Carvallo (1996–99) Rijsbergen (1999–2001) Olmos (2001–02) Meneses (2003) Garré (2004) Pellicer (2004–06) del Solar (2007) Carvallo (2007–08) Lepec (2008) Figueroa (2009–10) Pizzi (2010–11) Lepe (2011–12) Romeroc (2012) Lasarte (2012–13) Astudillo (2014) Falcioni (2014) Ormazábalc (2014) Salas (2015–17) San José (2018) Quinteros (2019) Holan (2020–21) Poyet (2021) Paulucci (2021–22) Valenzuelac (2022) Holan (2022–23) Valenzuelac (2023) Núñez (2023–24) Valenzuelac (2024) T. Nunes (2024–25) Valenzuelac (2025) Garnero (2025–) (c) = caretaker manager v t e Halifax Town A.F.C. – managers McClelland (1911–30) Raisbeck (1930–36) Thompson (1936–47) Breedon (1947–51) Wootton (1951–52) Henry (1952–54) Brownec (1954) Watson (1954–56) Burnikellc (1956) Hooper (1957–62) McEvoy (1962–64) Watson (1964–66) Metcalfe (1966–67) Ball (1967–70) Kirby (1970–71) Henderson (1971–72) Mulhall (1972–74) Quinn (1974–76) Ball (1976–77) Lawson (1977–78) Kirby (1978–81) Bullock (1981–84) Ayrec (1984) Jones (1984–86) Ayre (1986–90) McCalliog (1990–91) McGrath (1991–92) Rathbone (1992–93) Wragg (1993–94) Bird (1994–96) Mulhallc (1996) Carroll (1996–97) Mulhall (1997–98) O'Regan (1998–99) Worthingtonc (1999) Lillis (1999–2000) Butlerc (2000) Parksc (2000) Bracewell (2000–01) Parks and Redfearnc (2001) Little (2001–02) Redfearnc (2002) Wilder (2002–08) (c) = caretaker manager v t e Örebro SK – managers Konrád (1939–42) Magnusson (1942–44) Östling (1944–45) Löwenthal (1945–47) Magnusson (1947–48) Dunker (1948–49) Dunker & Dahl (1949–50) Kaufeldt (1950–51) Pettersson (1951–52) Pettersson & Nordahl (1952–53) Soo (1953–54) Lindh (1954–55) Pettersson (1955–56) Magnusson (1956–57) Engvall & Burnikell (1957–58) Bergmark & Burnikell (1958–59) Bergmark (1960–61) Neschy (1962) Varszegi (1963–64) Lindh (1965–66) Samuelsson (1967–70) Bergmark (1971–73) Grip (1974–75) Lenartsson (1976–77) Lenartsson & Bergmark (1978) Grip (1979–80) Rosén (1981–82) Hodgson (1983–84) Baxter (1985) Taaler & Stojanović (1986) Zetterlund (1987–92) Karlsson & Dahlqvist (1993) Dahlqvist (1994–99) Jingblad (2000–02) Lundin (2003–04) Walker (2005–06) Walker & Hammar (2007) Boström (2008–12) Ljung (2012–14) Axén (2014–17) Kjäll (2017–21) Gazimba (2021) Lantz (2021) Cedergren (2022) Kjäll (2022) Järdler (2022–24) Kenic (2025) Haginge (2025) Nilsson (2025) Norling (2026–)

v t e Liga de Primera winning managers 1933: Torres 1934: Torres 1935: Torres 1936: Giudice 1937: Torres 1938: Veloso 1939: Plattkó 1940: Tirado 1941: Plattkó 1942: Boffi 1943: Pardo 1944: Tirado 1945: Soto 1946: Marchant 1947: Sorrel 1948: Nocetti 1949: Buccicardi 1950: M. García 1951: Lángara 1952: M. García 1953: Plattkó 1954: Burnikell 1955: Stefanović 1956: Fernández 1957: Pákozdi 1958: Pérez 1959: Álamos 1960: Carrasco 1961: Mocciola 1962: Álamos 1963: Tassara 1964: Álamos 1965: Álamos 1966: Vidal 1967: Scopelli 1968: Pérez 1969: Ramos 1970: Hormazábal 1971: Santibáñez 1972: Álamos 1973: Santibáñez 1974: Morales 1975: Santibáñez 1976: Morales 1977: Santibáñez 1978: Peña 1979: Morales 1980: Cantatore 1981: P. García 1982: Cantatore 1983: P. García 1984: Prieto 1985: Toro 1986: Salah 1987: Prieto 1988: Hermosilla 1989: Salah 1990: Jozić 1991: Jozić 1992: Sulantay 1993: Jozić 1994: Socías 1995: Socías 1996: Benítez 1997-A: Carvallo 1997-C: Benítez 1998: Benítez 1999: Vaccia 2000: Vaccia 2001: Garcés 2002-A: Olmos 2002-C: Pizarro 2003-A: Acosta 2003-C: Garisto 2004-A: Pinto 2004-C: Acosta 2005-A: Díaz 2005-C: Pellicer 2006-A: Borghi 2006-C: Borghi 2007-A: Borghi 2007-C: Borghi 2008-A: Acosta 2008-C: Barticciotto 2009-A: Markarián 2009-C: Tocalli 2010: Pizzi 2011-A: Sampaoli 2012-C: Sampaoli 2012-A: Sampaoli 2012-C: Pellicer 2013: Sierra 2013-A: Berizzo 2014-C: Tapia 2014-A: Lasarte 2015-C: Giovagnoli 2015-A: Sierra 2016-C: Salas 2016-A: Salas 2017-C: Hoyos 2017: Guede 2018: San José 2019: Quinteros 2020: Holan 2021: Paulucci 2022: Quinteros 2023: Álvarez 2024: Almirón 2025: González

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