For a generation of Clarets fans during the middle and late 1960's, one man would stand out above all others as the epitome of a tigerish, all action, midfield dynamo.
Only a relatively small number of players born in Burnley have gone on to represent their home town club as a professional. Hardly any have given such stalwart and unstinting service as player, coach, manager and chief scout as Brian Miller, who first arrived at the Club as a 15-year-old in 1952.
A former captain of Oldham Schoolboys, Lancashire Schoolboys and a reserve for England Schoolboys, Walter Joyce joined the Turf Moor groundstaff straight from school in 1953.
David Thomas was described by Burnley's north-east scout Jack Hixon as the finest prospect he had ever seen when his discovery was signed on Associate Schoolboy forms at the age of 15 in March 1966.
The first Burnley player ever to score for the Club at Wembley, Jimmy Robson's equaliser in the 1962 FA Cup Final was the 100th goal in finals beneath the Twin Towers.
Brian Pilkington missed very few matches during his First Division career at Turf Moor with his sheer consistency week in, week out proving invaluable through the 1950's, as a side was built to win the title.