Bert Freeman was already an established goal scorer with a fearsome repetition when he joined Burnley from Everton in April 1911. 

He won two England caps whilst at Goodison Park and also played for the Football League against the Irish league in 1909, scoring four goals. 

Surprisingly, he was seen as surplus to requirements at Everton and came to Turf Moor to join the growing band of stars about to make a lasting impact on British football.  He was born Bertram Clewley Freeman in Birmingham in October 1885 and, after starring in schools football, joined Aston Villa in April 1904.  At 5ft 8in he was not the biggest of forwards and he failed to make an impact at Villa Park. 

He was transferred to Arsenal in November 1905 and, although never able to command an automatic place at Highbury, still managed 21 goals in only 44 League appearances for the Gunners before being transferred to Everton in April 1908 to join his former teammate at Highbury, Tim Coleman. 

The years went by and Bert Freeman had just perhaps reached his peak just before the war started and after hostilities ceased, his best years were certainly behind him.  He was still a regular in the side in 1919-20 and top-scored with 12 goals as the Clarets finished as runners-up to West Brom. 

An important piece of history was made that season when, 32 years after League Football started, Bert Freeman became the first Burnley player to score 100 League goals, in a 2-0 win at Derby on 21 February 1920. 

Perhaps his and the club's best moment came in 1914, when Freeman netted the winning goal against Liverpool in the FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace, the first time the club had won the competition.

Towards the end of the season the club felt that Freeman was not the man to lead Burnley's attack in the momentous campaign to come and Freeman played only in the first three League games, all of which were lost and his last appearance for the club was in the 3-0 FA Cup debacle at Hull City on 19th of February 1921.  He joined Wigan Borough at the end of the season and played in their early days in the Football League, later moving to Kettering Town before retiring in 1924.  Bert Freeman, a veritable goal-scoring machine, died on 11 August 1955, aged 70.