Charles Brown was a footballer who played at the turn of the last century for a number of clubs including Everton and Tottenham Hotspur.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Brown | ||
| Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| New Brighton Tower | |||
| 1899–1901 | Stalybridge Rovers | ||
| 1901–1902 | Everton | ||
| 1902–1904 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | (0) |
| 1904 | Hull City (trial) | ||
| 1904 | Reading | ||
| 1905 | Luton Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBrown started off his career with New Brighton Tower before moving to Manchester club Stalybridge Rovers where he went on to win the Lancashire League trophy with them.[1] In 1901–02 he moved to Everton and was playing reverse football for them.[1] Although the club wanted to keep him he decided to join the London club Tottenham Hotspur.[1] His debut for Tottenham occurred on 6 October 1902 in an away London League match against Brentford which Spurs won 5–1.[1][2] He went on to play all but one game in the London League with Spurs helping to club to win the title.[2] Brown was released by Spurs in 1904 and he went on to play a total of 44 games and scored one goal for the club.[1] He then had a trial with Hull City, but instead chose to play a season for Reading and the following season went to Luton Town.[1]
Honours
editStalybridge Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur
- London League 1902–03
References
editBibliography
edit- Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
- Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.