George Brown (footballer, born 1903)

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Bomber Brown
Personal information
Date of birth
(1903-06-22)22 June 1903
Place of birth
Mickley, England
Date of death
10 June 1948(1948-06-10) (aged 44)
Place of death
Birmingham, England
Playing position
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)
National team
1926–1932
England

9

(5)

The Football League XI

1

Teams managed
1936–1938
Darlington (player)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.




Contents





  • 1 Playing career


  • 2 Honours

    • 2.1 As a player



  • 3 Managerial statistics


  • 4 External links




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


  • Division 1 champions: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26


  • Division 1 runners-up: 1926–27, 1927–28


  • FA Cup finalist: 1928


Managerial statistics





















Team
Nat
From
To
Record
GWLDWin %

Darlington

England
October 1936
October 1938
9023452225.6


External links



  • George Brown at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata


  • George Brown management career statistics at Soccerbase

  • Aston Villa profile

  • Profile on www.englandstats.com

  • Profile on www.englandfc.com






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