) Brebner was part of Great Britain's 1912 Olympic gold medal winning football team | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ronald Gilchrist Brebner | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1881 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Darlington, England | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 November 1914 (aged 33) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Chiswick, England | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 1897–1899 | Edinburgh University | ||||||||||||
| 1899–1902 | Northern Nomads | ||||||||||||
| 1902–1904 | London Caledonians | ||||||||||||
| 1904–1905 | Elgin City | ||||||||||||
| 1905–1906 | Sunderland | ||||||||||||
| 1906–1911 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||
| 1911–1912 | Darlington | ||||||||||||
| 1912–1913 | Leicester Fosse | ||||||||||||
Olympic medal record
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||
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Ronald Gilchrist "Ron" Brebner (23 September 1881 – 11 November 1914) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
Brebner was born in Darlington. He was the goalkeeper of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played all three matches.[1]
He died young as a result of a football injury. He sustained head injuries whilst guarding the Leicester Fosse goal. He had two spells at Chelsea, and also played club football for Stockton & the Northern Nomads amateur teams as well as for Huddersfield Town.[2]
References
- General
- Roland Brebner at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Ronald Brebner at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Specific
- ^ Macario Reyes (26 June 2008). "Football tournament 1912 Olympiad". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Appearances/Bp-Br.htm