Bill Brown | |
Fullname: | William Frederick Thomas Brown |
Birth Date: | 7 February 1943 |
Birth Place: | Croydon, England |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1960–1961 |
Clubs1: | Southampton |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1961–1962 |
Clubs2: | Charlton Athletic |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1962–1964 |
Clubs3: | Romford |
Caps3: | 80 |
Goals3: | 29 |
Years4: | 1964–1965 |
Clubs4: | Chelmsford City |
Years5: | 1965–1966 |
Clubs5: | Bedford Town |
Caps5: | 35 |
Goals5: | 13 |
Years6: | 1966–1968 |
Clubs6: | Gillingham |
Caps6: | 105 |
Goals6: | 33 |
Years7: | 1968–1969 |
Clubs7: | Portsmouth |
Caps7: | 8 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Years8: | 1969 |
Clubs8: | Brentford |
Caps8: | 4 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 1969–1970 |
Clubs9: | Margate |
Years10: | 1970 |
Clubs10: | Bedford Town |
Caps10: | 8 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Clubs11: | Dunstable Town |
Clubs12: | Ford United |
William Frederick Thomas Brown (born 7 February 1943) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.[1] His professional clubs included Portsmouth, Brentford and Gillingham, for whom he made over 100 Football League appearances. Either side of his spell in the Football League, Brown had a long career in non-League football.
As of October 1969, Brown was running his own haulage business.[2] As of 2014, he was living in Essex.
Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Bedford Town | 1965–66[3] | Southern League Premier Division | 35 | 13 | 6 | 1 | — | 11[4] | 3 | 42 | 17 | ||
Gillingham | 1965–66[5] | Third Division | 24 | 10 | — | — | — | 24 | 10 | ||||
1966–67 | Third Division | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 48 | 10 | |||
1967–68 | Third Division | 40 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 44 | 14 | |||
Total | 105 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 116 | 34 | ||||
Portsmouth | 1968–69[6] | Second Division | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | ||
Brentford | 1969–70[7] | Fourth Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Bedford Town | 1969–70[8] | Southern League First Division | 8 | 1 | — | — | 5[9] | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
Total | 43 | 14 | 6 | 1 | — | 16 | 3 | 55 | 18 | ||||
Career total | 160 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 194 | 53 |