Billy Brawn
![]() Brawn while with Chelsea. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Frederick Brawn[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 August 1878 | ||
Place of birth | Wellingborough, England | ||
Date of death | 18 August 1932 | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Brentford, England | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1894–1897 | Wellingborough Town | ||
1897–1900 | Northampton Town | ||
1900–1901 | Sheffield United | 14 | (4) |
1901–1906 | Aston Villa | 95 | (19) |
1906–1907 | Middlesbrough | 56 | (5) |
1907–1911 | Chelsea | 93 | (10) |
1911–1913 | Brentford | 69 | (8) |
1916–1917 | → Brentford (war guest) | 3 | (0) |
1918 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
1904 | England | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Frederick Brawn (1 August 1878 – 18 August 1932) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right in the Football League, most notably for Aston Villa and Chelsea.
Playing career
Born in Wellingborough, Brawn began his career at local Leicestershire & Northants League side Wellingborough Town.[2] He moved to join Northants League side Northampton Town in 1897.[2] Brawn secured a move to professional football when he joined Division One side Sheffield United in January 1900 for a £125 fee.[3] He moved on to Aston Villa in December 1901,[3] earned two caps for England in 1904 and won the 1905 FA Cup with the club.[4][5] Brawn also played for Chelsea, making 99 appearances and scoring 11 goals and also had spells at Middlesbrough and Brentford.[2][6][7][8] The final appearance of Brawn's career came in the colours of Tottenham Hotspur, when the White Hart Lane club turned up a man short for a London Combination fixture versus Brentford at Griffin Park on 8 November 1918.[2]
Administrative career
Brawn served on the Brentford board of directors in 1919 and acted as "advisory manager" from 1919 until 1921.[2]
Personal life
Brawn married Ada in Wellingborough in 1902.[3] While with Brentford FC, Billy Brawn ran the Kings Arms Hotel at 19 Boston Road, Brentford and lived there until his death in 1932.[2][3]
Honours
Aston Villa
England
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Aston Villa | 1901–02[6] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1902–03[6] | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
1903–04[6] | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | ||
1904–05[6] | 31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 7 | ||
1905–06[6] | 15 | 3 | — | 15 | 3 | |||
Total | 95 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 107 | 20 | ||
Middesbrough | 1905–06[6] | First Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
1906–07[6] | 37 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 5 | ||
1907–08[6] | 11 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
Total | 56 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 6 | ||
Chelsea | 1907–08[6] | First Division | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
1908–09[6] | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
1909–10[6] | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | ||
1910–11[6] | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Total | 93 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 11 | ||
Brentford | 1911–12[7] | Southern League First Division | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 5 |
1912–13[7] | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
Total | 69 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 76 | 9 | ||
Career Total | 313 | 42 | 27 | 4 | 340 | 46 |
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 37. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b c d e f Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. pp. 20–21. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
- ^ a b c d e "England Players – Billy Brawn". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Profile". Aston Villa Player Database.
- ^ a b "Billy Brawn". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Billy Brawn". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ a b c White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 361–362. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ White 1989, p. 363-365.
External links
- Billy Brawn at Soccerbase
- 1878 births
- 1932 deaths
- English footballers
- England international footballers
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Wellingborough Town F.C. players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. directors and chairmen
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Association football outside forwards
- People from Wellingborough
- Brentford F.C. non-playing staff
- Brentford F.C. wartime guest players
- English football forward, 1870s birth stubs