Roy Brown (footballer, born 1925)
Roy Brown (10 June 1925 – December 2004) was an English footballer who scored 20 goals from 159 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Darlington in the years following the Second World War. He signed from non-league club Stockton West End.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roy Brown[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 June 1925[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Stockton-on-Tees,[1] England | ||
| Date of death | December 2004 (aged 79)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Middlesbrough,[1] England | ||
| Playing position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Stockton West End | ||
| 1946–1956 | Darlington | 159 | (20) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
His playing style was that of a "hard man".[3] According to his teammate Baden Powell, "Roy Brown would hit a player like an Exocet missile".[4]
He worked at engineering firm Head Wrightson in Stockton-on-Tees.[5]
References
- "Roy Brown". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- "Memories in sound and text". Farewell to Feethams. Darlington Supporters' Trust. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- Amos, Mike (14 June 2012). "Baden Baden". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- "Backtrack". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 29 May 2010 – via Newsbank.
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