George Brown (footballer, born 1903)

George Brown (22 June 1903 – 10 June 1948) was an English professional footballer and football manager, who played most of his career with Huddersfield Town.

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.

For Villa he scored a total of 89 goals in 126 games.

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

References

External links

Aston Villa profile

Profile on www.englandstats.com

Profile on www.englandfc.com

1903 births

1948 deaths

English men's footballers

Men's association football forwards

English Football League players

England men's international footballers

Aston Villa F.C. players

Burnley F.C. players

Darlington F.C. players

Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players

Leeds United F.C. players

English football managers

Darlington F.C. managers

English Football League representative players

People from Mickley, Northumberland

Footballers from Northumberland