George Brown (footballer, born 1903)
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.
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1926–1932 | England | 9 | (5) |
| The Football League XI | 1 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1936–1938 | Darlington (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
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 edit
As a player edit
- 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 edit
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Darlington | 
|
October 1936 | October 1938 | 90 | 23 | 45 | 22 | 25.6 |
References edit
- ^ Woolwinder (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Huddersfield Town". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
External links edit
- George Brown at Soccerbase
- George Brown management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Aston Villa profile
- George Brown at Englandstats.com
- Profile on www.englandfc.com Archived 14 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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