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George Brown (English footballer)

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George Brown
Personal information
Date of birth 22 June 1903(1903-06-22)
Place of birth    Mickley, England
Date of death    10 June 1948 (aged 44)
Place of death    Birmingham, England
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
Mickley Colliery
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1921–1929
1929–1934
1934–1935
1935–1936
1936–1938		 Huddersfield Town
Aston Villa
Burnley
Leeds United
Darlington		 213 (142)
116 0(79)
035 0(24)
037 0(19)
044 0(12)   
National team
1927–1933 England 009 00(5)
Teams managed
1936–1938 Darlington (player)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

Huddersfield Town

[edit] Managerial statistics

Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Darlington Flag of England October 1936 October 1938 90 23 45 22 25.6

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