Gordon Brown (rugby player)

Gordon Brown (rugby player)

Infobox Rugby biography
name = Gordon Brown


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birthname = Gordon Lamont Brown
nickname = "Broon frae Troon"
dateofbirth =
birthyear = 1947
birthmonth = 11
birthday = 01
placeofbirth = Troon, Scotland
deathyear = 2001
deathmonth = 03
deathday = 19
placeofdeath = Troon, Scotland
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ru_nationalteam = ru|SCO British and Irish Lions
ru_nationalyears = 1969-1976 1971, 1974, 1977
ru_nationalcaps = 30 8
ru_nationalpoints = (0) (8)
ru_ntupdate = 5 March 2007
ru_amateuryears =
ru_amateurclubs =West of Scotland Marr College FP
ru_amupdate =5 March 2007
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Gordon Lamont Brown (1 November 1947 - 19 March 2001) was a Scottish international rugby union footballer. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2001. Born in Troon, "Broon frae Troon", as he was affectionately known, played second row for West of Scotland, Scotland and the British Lions.

Family

Brown was from a sporting family, his elder brother Peter also played for and captained the Scottish side. His father, Jock Brown played goalkeeper for the Scottish football side and also appeared in the Scottish Open at Royal Troon alongside golfing greats such as Arnold Palmer.

Rugby

Brown stood 6' 5" (1.96 m) and weighed 17 stone (108 kg) at his peak. A product of Marr College and West of Scotland, he won the first of 30 caps for Scotland at the tender age of 22 on 6 December 1969 against South Africa, winning 6-3. He retained his place for the Five Nations opener against France but was dropped for the Wales match for his brother Peter. Gordon Brown then went on to replace Peter Brown at half-time due to injury, and this was the first time a brother replaced a brother in an international match.

Winning 5 caps, and partnered Willie John McBride in the engine room of the scrum in the 1974 Lions tour to South Africa, during which he scored a remarkable eight tries and won a further 3 caps. He also played in a non-cap match against Fiji at the end of the 1977 tour to New Zealand.

Funeral

Gordon Brown died from cancer in 2001. His funeral was attended by former Scotland and Lions team mates and opponents from the whole rugby world.

External links

* [http://statistics.scrum.com/rugby_stats_05.asp?ID=SBR9 Gordon Brown from Scrum.com]
* [http://sport.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=325&id=474152002&20041216033944 Gordon Brown] in The Scotsman newspaper
* [http://sport.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=736&id=107542003 Broon frae Troon] by Jeff Connor (Scotsman newspaper)


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