Charles Brown (footballer)

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Charles Brown
Personal information
Full name Charles Brown
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
New Brighton Tower
1899–1901 Stalybridge Rovers
1901–1902 Everton
1902–1904 Tottenham Hotspur 16 (0)
1904 Hull City (trial)
1904 Reading
1905 Luton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Brown was a footballer who played at the turn of the last century for a number of clubs including Everton and Tottenham Hotspur.

Career[edit]

Brown started off his career with New Brighton Tower before moving to Manchester club Stalybridge Rovers where he went on to win the Lancashire League trophy with them.[1] In 1901–02 he moved to Everton and was playing reverse football for them.[1] Although the club wanted to keep him he decided to join the London club Tottenham Hotspur.[1] His debut for Tottenham occurred on 6 October 1902 in an away London League match against Brentford which Spurs won 5–1.[1][2] He went on to play all but one game in the London League with Spurs helping to club to win the title.[2] Brown was released by Spurs in 1904 and he went on to play a total of 44 games and scored one goal for the club.[1] He then had a trial with Hull City, but instead chose to play a season for Reading and the following season went to Luton Town.[1]

Honours[edit]

Stalybridge Rovers

Tottenham Hotspur

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Goodwin 1992, p. 54.
  2. ^ a b Soar 1995, p. 236.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
  • Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.