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George Brown (footballer, born 1903)

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For other people with the same name, see George Brown (disambiguation).
Bomber Brown
Personal information
Date of birth 22 June 1903
Place of birth Mickley, England
Date of death 10 June 1948 (aged 44)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Mickley Colliery
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921–1929 Huddersfield Town 213 (142)
1929–1934 Aston Villa 116 (79)
1934–1935 Burnley 35 (24)
1935–1936 Leeds United 37 (19)
1936–1938 Darlington 44 (12)
Total 445 (276)
National team
1926–1932 England 9 (5)
The Football League XI 1
Teams managed
1936–1938 Darlington (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

George Brown (22 June 1903 – 10 June 1948) was an English professional footballer and football manager, who played most of his career with Huddersfield Town.

Playing career

A centre-forward, he was the highest ever goal-scorer for Huddersfield Town with 159 goals; 142 in the League in 213 appearances and 17 from 16 outings in the FA Cup. Signed straight from his pit team at Mickley in May 1921, he was eventually sold to Aston Villa in August 1929 for £5,000.

For Villa he scored a total of 89 goals in 126 games.

During his career he scored 273 goals in 440 games, between 1921 and 1938, after which he retired to run a pub. He gained 9 full England caps and represented the Football League once.

Honours

As a player

Huddersfield Town
  • FA Charity Shield winner: 1922
  • Division 1 champions: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26
  • Division 1 runners-up: 1926–27, 1927–28
  • FA Cup finalist: 1928

Managerial statistics

Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Darlington England October 1936 October 1938 90 23 45 22 25.6

References

  1. ^ Woolwinder (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Huddersfield Town". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.

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