George Brown (English footballer)
- George Brown (English footballer)
Football player infobox
playername = George Brown
dateofbirth = birth date|1903|6|22|df=y
cityofbirth = Mickley
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1948|6|10|1903|6|22|df=y
cityofdeath = Birmingham
countryofdeath = England
currentclub = Retired
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Mickley Colliery
years = 1921–1929
1929–1934
1934–1935
1935–1936
1936–1938
clubs = Huddersfield Town
Aston Villa
Burnley
Leeds United
Darlington
caps(goals) = 213 (142)
116 0(79)
035 0(24)
037 0(19)
044 0(12)
nationalyears = 1927–1933
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 009 00(5)
manageryears = 1936–1938
managerclubs = Darlington (player)
George Brown (22 June 1903 –10 June 1948) nicknamed "Bomber", 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.
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
*First Division champions: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1924–25
*First Division runner-up: 1926–27, 1927–28
*FA Cup finalist: 1928
Managerial statistics
External links
*soccerbase|id=1045|name=George Brown
*soccerbase (manager)|id=490|name=George Brown
* [http://web.telia.com/~u27301997/182.html Aston Villa profile]
* [http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=168 Profile on www.englandstats.com]
* [http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=167 Profile on www.englandfc.com]
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