Harry Brown (footballer, born 1918)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henry Stanford Brown | ||
Date of birth | 23 May 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Workington, England | ||
Date of death | 1963 (aged 44–45) | ||
Position(s) | Half back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Workington | |||
1938–1939 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | (0) |
1939–1947 | Hull City | 22 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Henry Stanford Brown (23 May 1918 – 1963) was an English footballer who played as a half back for various clubs in the 1930s and 1940s, including Wolverhampton Wanderers and Hull City.[1]
Career
[edit]He joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1938 from Workington, making his debut on 22 April 1939 in a goalless draw at Bolton Wanderers. He played the following game at Leicester City, his only two appearances for the club, before joining Hull City.
After the disruption to league football caused by World War II, he was able to make his Football League debut for Hull in 1946.
References
[edit]- Matthews, Tony (2001). The Wolves Who's Who. West Midlands: Britespot. ISBN 1-904103-01-4.
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1963 deaths
- Sportspeople from Workington
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Workington A.F.C. players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Hull City A.F.C. players
- Watford F.C. wartime guest players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Cumbria
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1910s birth stubs