Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Frederick Thomas Brown[1] | ||
Date of birth | 7 February 1943 | ||
Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1961 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
1961–1962 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
1962–1964 | Romford | 80 | (29) |
1964–1965 | Chelmsford City | ||
1965–1966 | Bedford Town | 35 | (13) |
1966–1968 | Gillingham | 105 | (33) |
1968–1969 | Portsmouth | 8 | (2) |
1969 | Brentford | 4 | (0) |
1969–1970 | Margate | ||
1970 | Bedford Town | 8 | (1) |
Dunstable Town | |||
Ford United | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Frederick Thomas Brown (born 7 February 1943) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.[2] His professional clubs included Portsmouth, Brentford and Gillingham, for whom he made over 100 Football League appearances.[1] Either side of his spell in the Football League, Brown had a long career in non-League football.[1]
As of October 1969, Brown was running his own haulage business.[3] As of 2014, he was living in Essex.[3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bedford Town | 1965–66[4] | Southern League Premier Division | 35 | 13 | 6 | 1 | — | 11[a] | 3 | 42 | 17 | |
Gillingham | 1965–66[5] | Third Division | 24 | 10 | — | — | — | 24 | 10 | |||
1966–67[5] | Third Division | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 48 | 10 | ||
1967–68[5] | Third Division | 40 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 44 | 14 | ||
Total | 105 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 116 | 34 | |||
Portsmouth | 1968–69[6] | Second Division | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | |
Brentford | 1969–70[7] | Fourth Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Bedford Town | 1969–70[8] | Southern League First Division | 8 | 1 | — | — | 5[b] | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
Total | 43 | 14 | 6 | 1 | — | 16 | 3 | 55 | 18 | |||
Career total | 160 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 194 | 53 |