President of the Football League. However, ill health forced him to relinquish the position three months later. His chairmanship of Burnley ended in September 1981 when he sold most of his shares in the club. Though Lord was still a Burnley director, by this time he was seriously ill, and died of cancer in December 1981. References Bibliography 1908 births 1981 deaths People from Burnley English butchers English football chairmen and investors 20th-century English businesspeople