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John Brown
Personal information
Full name John Brown
Date of birth (1887-10-15)15 October 1887
Place of birth Clackmannan, Scotland
Date of death 6 December 1943(1943-12-06) (aged 56)
Place of death Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Outside left
Youth career
Tulliallan Juveniles[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Clackmannan 1905–1906
1906–1907 Hearts of Beath
1907–1908 Alloa Athletic
1908–1911 Falkirk 51 (15)
1911–1913 Celtic 40 (7)
1912 → Chelsea (loan) 0 (0)
1913–1915 Chelsea 16 (4)
1915–1916 Falkirk 25 (4)
Raith Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic
1920–1921 Clackmannan
1921–1925 Lochgelly United 23 (4)
International career
1912 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
Managerial career
1921–1925 Lochgelly United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Brown (15 October 1887 – 6 December 1943) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside-left.

Club career

After a spell at Alloa Athletic where he played alongside elder brother William and both also worked in the local mines, Brown joined Falkirk in 1908.[1] While his brother was killed in a mine shaft collapse in 1909, John escaped life in the pits, his career continued to progress and he signed for Celtic in 1911.[2][3] His time in Glasgow started well, and after displacing veteran Davie Hamilton in the side, he was selected for the Scottish Football League XI for a game against The Football League XI,[4] followed two months later by a Scottish Cup win,[2] Clyde being defeated in the 1912 final.[5]

He began to be overshadowed by John Browning at Celtic and was loaned to English side Chelsea in December 1912, the switch being made permanent two months later.[2] However, after making 11 Football League appearances for the Blues (scoring three goals) in his first half-season in West London,[6] Brown was a backup to Billy Bridgeman, then fellow Scot Bob McNeil, and played only five more matches at that level in the next two years – instead he was a regular in the reserves, with 51 games (seven goals) in two seasons.[6]

With English football suspended due to the First World War, in 1915 Brown returned to Falkirk (also serving in the Black Watch during the conflict),[1] and later appeared for hometown team Clackmannan and for various teams in Fife, latterly Lochgelly United where he also served as manager.[7] He was also a coach at Dundee, working with former Celtic teammate Alec McNair.[1] Away from football he operated a sweet shop in Glencraig and a fish-and-chip business in Broughty Ferry.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e The Brown Brothers of Clackmannan and Alloa, Wasps History, 8 August 2017
  2. ^ a b c "John Brown". thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. ^ (Celtic player) John Brown, FitbaStats
  4. ^ John Alexander Brown [sic], London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. ^ Association Football. Celtic Supreme., The Glasgow Herald, 8 April 1912
  6. ^ a b "John Brown". stamford-bridge.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  7. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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