Edward A. Bullen (1884 â 11 August 1917) was an English professional footballer who made over 180 Football League appearances as a left half for Bury. He also captained the club.
Bullen was born in Warrington and grew up in Altrincham. While he was footballer with Bury, he ran a pub in Sankey, Warrington. In August 1916, two years after the outbreak of the First World War, Bullen enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery. He was killed at Vaulx-Vraucourt, France on 11 August 1917 and was reburied in Vraucourt Copse Cemetery in the late 1920s. At the time of his death, Bullen's wife was pregnant with their first child.