Tommy Brown (footballer, born 1896)

Thomas Henry Brown (1896 – after 1926) was an English professional footballer who made 59 appearances in the Football League playing as an outside left for Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City, Bristol City, South Shields and Luton Town.[1]

Tommy Brown

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Henry Brown[1]
Date of birth	1896
Place of birth	Darlington, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
191?–1919	Darlington Close Works
1919	Portsmouth	5	(0)
1919–19??	Spennymoor United
	Norwich City
1920–1921	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	(1)
1921–1922	Cardiff City	2	(0)
1922–1923	Bristol City	8	(0)
1923–1924	South Shields	20	(1)
1924–1925	Luton Town	15	(0)
1925–19??	Poole
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Brown was born in 1896 in Darlington, County Durham,[1] where he attended Haughton-le-Skerne School. He played for the Close Works team before signing for Portsmouth, for whom he made five Southern League appearances in the early part of the 1919–20 season. After even briefer spells with Spennymoor United of the North-Eastern League[2] and Norwich City of the Southern,[1] Brown turned professional with Brighton & Hove Albion in January 1920. He went straight into their Southern League team, and kept his place for the first couple of months of the inaugural season of the Football League Third Division, but was displaced by Zach March. He was released at the end of that season[2] and moved on to seasons with Cardiff City, Bristol City, South Shields and Luton Town, never establishing himself with any of those clubs, before returning to non-league football with Poole of the Western League.[2]

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
2. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.