Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 June 1933 | ||
Place of birth | Ellesmere Port, England | ||
Date of death | August 2005 (aged 72) | ||
Place of death | Chester, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1949–1951 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1951–1952 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
1952–1957 | Scunthorpe United | 164 | (73) |
1957–1960 | Derby County | 53 | (20) |
1960–1961 | Southampton | 8 | (2) |
1961–1963 | Barrow | 39 | (16) |
1963–1964 | Southport | 4 | (1) |
1964–1965 | Morecambe | ? | (?) |
Total | 268 | (111) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gordon Brown (30 June 1933 – August 2005) [1] was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. Brown made over 250 appearances in the Football League for six clubs over a period of thirteen years, scoring over 100 goals. [2]
Born in Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, [1] Brown began his senior career with boyhood club Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1951, although he never made a league appearance for Wolves. He also played in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, Derby County, Southampton, Barrow and Southport, before playing non-league football with Morecambe.