Gordon Brown (rugby league)

For other people named Gordon Brown, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation).

Gordon Brown

Personal information
Full name	Gordon F. Brown
Born	October→December 1930 (age 80–81) Leeds district, England
Playing information
Position	Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1950–1960	Leeds	≥250	94	17	0	316
1960–??	Keighley
	Total		94	17	0	316
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1954–55	Great Britain	6	7	0	0	21
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
19??–??	Keighley
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Gordon F. Brown (birth registered October→December 1930 (age 80–81) in Leeds district^[1]) is an English former professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1950s and '60s, and coach of the 1960s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Leeds, and Keighley, playing at Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6, and at club level has coached for Keighley.

International honours

Gordon Brown won caps for Great Britain while at Leeds in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against Australia (2-tries), France (1-try), New Zealand (1-try), France (2-tries); and in 1955 against New Zealand (2 matches).^[2]

Gordon Brown played Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6 in all four of Great Britain's 1954 Rugby League World Cup matches, including Great Britain’s 16-12 victory over France in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 November 1954.

Gordon Brown also represented Great Britain while at Leeds between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).^[3]

References

1. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 2010-12-31. http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=161811280&d=bmd_1295915451. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Gordon_Brown/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
3. ^ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0954835530

External links

• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Profile at leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk

Persondata
Name	Brown, Gordon
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1930
Place of birth	Leeds district
Date of death
Place of death