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| fullname = Kenneth Burns<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|2722|accessdateaccess-date=4 May 2017}}</ref>

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbrorder=onflip}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/kenny-burns/|title=Kenny Burns|website=worldfootball.net|accessdateaccess-date=17 November 2017}}</ref>

| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national under-23 football team|Scotland U23]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Scotland U23 player Burns, Kenny |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=201|website=FitbaStats|accessdateaccess-date=17 November 2017}}</ref>

On being released in 1971, aged 17, he signed for [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]. He arrived at the '' Blues''club as a [[defender (association football)|defender]], but was converted to [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] after [[Bob Latchford]] left in 1974.,<ref name=Matthews>{{cite book |first=Tony |last=Matthews |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |pages=76–77 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}</ref> and won the club's Player of the Year award that same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/birmingham-citys-player-of-the-year-kenny-burns-with-his-news-photo/499593438 |title=Birmingham City Player of the Year – Kenny Burns |publisher=Getty Images |access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref> He earned the first of his 20 international [[Cap (sports)|cap]]s in that role soon afterwards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=113756&CFID=586756&CFTOKEN=20386009 |title=Scotland National Teams Player Details: Kenny Burns |publisher=[[Scottish Football Association|SFA]] |accessdateaccess-date=3 July 2008}}</ref>

After joining Nottingham Forest for £150,000 in 1977, he was converted back into a central defender by [[Brian Clough]] and [[Peter Thomas Taylor|Peter Taylor]]. He was one of three signings Forest made along with [[Archie Gemmill]] and [[Peter Shilton]] to add to the [[1976–77 Football League#Second Division|promotion-winning squad]] of the previous season.<ref name=hooligan>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/11/nottingham-forest-brian-clough-i-believe-in-miracles |title=Signing 'a hooligan' and a Shankly team talk: how Clough set up Forest for title |first=Daniel |last=Taylor |website=The Guardian|location=London |date=11 November 2015 |accessdateaccess-date=5 December 2017}}</ref> Burns was both [[FWA Footballer of the Year]] and Forest's player of the year in [[1977–78 in English football|1977–78]] in his defensive role as Forest won the First Division title that season, in their first year after returning to the top flight.<ref name=Scotzine>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotzine.com/2011/08/interview-kenny-burns-nottingham-forest-scotland-legend/ |title=Interview: Kenny Burns – Nottingham Forest & Scotland legend |first=Sean |last=Graham |website=Scotzine.com |date=26 August 2011 |accessdateaccess-date=5 December 2017}}</ref> They also won that season's [[Football League Cup]] with a 1–0 replay victory over Liverpool; Burns collected the trophy as captain deputising for the injured [[John McGovern (footballer)|John McGovern]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Marcus |last=Alton |title=Brian Clough: Fifty Defining Fixtures |chapter=32. League Cup Final Replay |chapterurlchapter-url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=1XrLDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT104&lpg=PT106 |publisher=Amberley |date=2017 |isbn=9781445649313}}</ref> Burns was injured for the [[1979 Football League Cup Final|final]] when Forest retained the League Cup the following season.<ref>{{cite web

He was an influential figure in the side's European Cup campaigns over the next three seasons, his defensive partnership with [[Larry Lloyd]] instrumental to Forest's victory in the [[1979 European Cup Final|1979]] and [[1980 European Cup Final|1980]] tournaments.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} He also scored in the second leg of the [[1979 UEFA Super Cup]] final victory against [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/season=1979/index.html/| publisher = [[UEFA]] | accessdateaccess-date = 5 December 2017 | title =Burns' night for Forest }}</ref> At one time he was renowned for his 'wild man' image<ref name=hooligan/> and while maintaining an aggressive nature, he also possessed a shrewd football brain and was always likely to score vital goals.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

[[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] paid Forest a £400,000 fee for Burns. He stayed with the [[Yorkshire]] side until 1984, and he was the club player of the year in [[1982–83 Football League#Second Division|1982–83]]. Burns spent 1984–85 at [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]], also playing a small number of games on loan at [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]. His last season in the Football League was in 1985-861985–86 at [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]], before a spell at [[IF Elfsborg|Elfsborg]] in Sweden.

He went on to represent a string of [[non-League football|non-league]] clubs as player or [[player-coach]], finishing up as assistant manager of [[Telford United F.C.|Telford United]] in 1993.<ref name=Matthews/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegingerbreads.co.uk/gtfcstats/player.php?sort=season_name&id=371 |title=Kenny Burns profile |publisher=[[Grantham Town F.C.]] |accessdateaccess-date=3 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://archive.istoday/20120912040040/http://www.thegingerbreads.co.uk/gtfcstats/player.php?sort=season_name&id=371 |archivedatearchive-date=12 September 2012}}</ref>

* [[Nottingham Forest F.C.#Player of the YearSeason|Nottingham Forest Player of the Year]]: [[1977–78 in English football|1977–78]], [[1980–81 in English football|1980–81]]

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