Arthur Brown (footballer, born 1903) explained

Arthur Brown
Fullname:	Arthur Ivor Brown
Birth Date:	10 October 1903
Birth Place:	Aberdare, Wales
Death Place:	Aberdare, Wales
Position:	Goalkeeper
Years1:	1925–1927
Clubs1:	Aberdare Athletic
Caps1:	42
Goals1:	0
Years2:	1927–1929
Clubs2:	Reading
Caps2:	14
Goals2:	0
Years3:	1929
Clubs3:	Port Vale
Caps3:	1
Goals3:	0
Years4:	1929–1933
Clubs4:	Crewe Alexandra
Caps4:	117
Goals4:	0
Clubs5:	Merthyr Town
Totalcaps:	174
Totalgoals:	0
Nationalyears1:	1926
Nationalteam1:	Wales
Nationalcaps1:	1
Nationalgoals1:	0

Arthur Ivor Brown (10 October 1903 – 3 April 1971) was a Welsh international footballer. A goalkeeper, he played for Aberdare Athletic, Reading, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra, and Merthyr Town.

Career

Brown played for Aberdare Athletic and Reading before joining Port Vale in May 1929.^[1] During his time Aberdare Athletic F.C., Arthur gained his only international cap for Wales in the 1925–26 British Home Championship, playing against Ireland losing 3–0. Unable to dislodge either Jack Prince or Ben Davies, his sole game for Port Vale was in a 2–1 win at Halifax Town on 31 August 1929.^[1] He was transferred to Crewe Alexandra in October of that year and later played with Merthyr Town.^[1] Arthur died on the 3rd April 1971 in his hometown of Aberdare at the age of 67. His son, Malcolm Brown, was a professor of Computational Mathematics at Cardiff University^[2]

Career statistics

Source:

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdare Athletic	1925–26	Third Division South	29	0	2	0	31	0
	1926–27	Third Division South	13	0	0	0	13	0
	Total		42	0	2	0	44	0
Reading	1928–29	Second Division	14	0	0	0	14	0
Port Vale	1929–30	Third Division North	1	0	0	0	1	0
Crewe Alexandra	1929–30	Third Division North	31	0	2	0	33	0
	1930–31	Third Division North	42	0	2	0	44	0
	1931–32	Third Division North	37	0	3	0	40	0
	1932–33	Third Division North	7	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		117	0	7	0	126	0
Career total			174	0	9	0	183	0

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, Jeff. Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. 45. 1996. 0-9529152-0-0.
2. The Inverse Problem for a Spectral Asymmetry Function of the Schrödinger Operator on a Finite Interval. 10.1112/mtk.12105. 2021. Brown. B. Malcolm. Schmidt. Karl Michael. Shipman. Stephen P.. Wood. Ian. Mathematika. 67. 4. 788–806. 221534315.