Buster Brown (footballer)

Buster Brown
Personal information
Full name William Ian Brown[1]
Date of birth (1910-09-06)6 September 1910
Place of birth Silvertown, England
Date of death 15 January 1993(1993-01-15) (aged 82)[2]
Place of death Ealing, England[2]
Playing position Utility player
Youth career
Fairbairn House
Silvertown
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1930–1934 Luton Town 49 (4)
1934–1937 Huddersfield Town 20 (2)
1937–1946 Brentford 94 (2)
1946–1947 Leyton Orient 26 (0)
Chingford Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

William Ian "Buster" Brown (6 September 1910 – 15 January 1993) was a professional footballer who played a number of positions in the Football League for Brentford, Luton Town, Leyton Orient and Huddersfield Town.

Career

Brown began his career in non-league football with Fairbairn House and Silvertown, before joining Division Three South club Luton Town in 1930.[1] He made shy of 50 league appearances in four seasons at Kenilworth Road, before moving to the top flight with Huddersfield Town in 1934.[1] He was used sparingly before joining Division One rivals Brentford in March 1937 as a replacement for Dai Richards.[3] He quickly became a regular with the Bees, playing in both full back positions, at half back and centre forward during the two-and-a-half years before the Second World War intervened.[3] Brown remained with Brentford during the war, with his 272 appearances being the most by any Brentford player during wartime.[4] He dropped down to the basement to sign for Leyton Orient in 1946, before seeing out his career in the Southern League with Chingford Town the following year.[3]

Honours

Brentford

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 43. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 "Barry Hugman's Footballers - Billy Brown". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 29. ISBN 0955294916.
  4. ↑ Official Brentford FC Matchday Programme versus Chesterfield 12/01/08. O Publishing. 2008. p. 46.


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