Malcolm Brown (English footballer)

Malcolm Brown
Personal information
Date of birth	13 December 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Salford, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
–	Bury
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1977	Bury
1977–1983	Huddersfield Town
1983–1985	Newcastle United
1985–1989	Huddersfield Town
1989	Rochdale
1989–1991	Stockport County
1991–1992	Rochdale
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Malcolm Brown (born 13 December 1956) is a former professional footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League in the 1970s and 1980s. He played as a right back for Bury, Huddersfield Town, where he spent the majority of his career, Newcastle United, Rochdale and Stockport County.^[2]

Brown began his career as an apprentice at Bury,^[2] before moving to Huddersfield Town in 1977, where he helped the club to two promotions during Mick Buxton's reign as manager. He eventually left for Newcastle United in 1983, but missed the whole of the 1983–84 promotion season because of injury.^[3] He returned to Huddersfield in 1985 for another four seasons, playing more than 400 games for the club in all.^[4] He finished his professional career with two spells at Rochdale either side of two seasons with Stockport County.^[2]

Honours

Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1990–91 Fourth Division^[5]

References

^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 514. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Malcolm Brown". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ Struthers, Greg (2 April 2006). "Caught in Time: Newcastle win promotion to the First Division, 1984". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2 December 2009.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Rolling back the years" (reprint). Huddersfield Daily Examiner. FindArticles. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.

External links

Malcolm Brown at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Player Profile at toon1892.com

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[1] Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 514. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.

[NB-2] "Malcolm Brown". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[3] Struthers, Greg (2 April 2006). "Caught in Time: Newcastle win promotion to the First Division, 1984". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2 December 2009.^{[dead link‍]}

[4] "Rolling back the years" (reprint). Huddersfield Daily Examiner. FindArticles. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2009.

[5] Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.

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