Roy Brown (footballer, born 1925)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roy Brown[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 10 June 1925||
Place of birth | Stockton-on-Tees,[1] England | ||
Date of death | December 2004[1] | (aged 79)||
Place of death | Middlesbrough,[1] England | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Stockton West End | ||
1946–1956 | Darlington | 159 | (20) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Roy Brown (10 June 1925 – December 2004) was an English footballer who scored 20 goals from 159 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Darlington in the years following the Second World War. He signed from non-league club Stockton West End.[2]
His playing style was that of a "hard man".[3] According to his teammate Baden Powell, "Roy Brown would hit a player like an Exocet missile".[4]
He worked at engineering firm Head Wrightson in Stockton-on-Tees.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Roy Brown". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Memories in sound and text". Farewell to Feethams. Darlington Supporters' Trust. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ Amos, Mike (14 June 2012). "Baden Baden". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Backtrack". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 29 May 2010 – via Newsbank.