George Brown (footballer, born 1903)

For other people with the same name, see George Brown (disambiguation).

Bomber Brown

Personal information
Date of birth	(1903-06-22)22 June 1903
Place of birth	Mickley, England
Date of death	10 June 1948(1948-06-10) (aged 44)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Mickley Colliery
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1921–1929	Huddersfield Town	213	(142)
1929–1934	Aston Villa	116	(79)
1934–1935	Burnley	35	(24)
1935–1936	Leeds United	37	(19)
1936–1938	Darlington	44	(12)
International career
1926–1932	England	9	(5)
?	The Football League XI	1	(?)
Managerial career
1936–1938	Darlington (player)
*Club domestic league appearances and 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.

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.

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

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

External links

• George Brown at Soccerbase
• George Brown management career statistics at Soccerbase
• Aston Villa profile
• Profile on www.englandstats.com
• Profile on www.englandfc.com