Harry Brown
Personal information
Full name Harold Thomas Brown[1]
Date of birth (1924-04-09)9 April 1924
Place of birth Kingsbury, England
Date of death June 1982 (1982-07) (aged 58)[1]
Place of death Abingdon, England[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940–1946 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
1945–1946Colchester United (guest) 12 (0)
1946–1949 Notts County 93 (0)
1949–1951 Derby County 37 (0)
1951–1956 Queens Park Rangers 189 (0)
1956–1958 Plymouth Argyle 66 (0)
1956–1958 Exeter City 0 (0)
Total 397 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold Thomas Brown (9 April 1924 – June 1982) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Queens Park Rangers, Notts County, Derby County and Plymouth Argyle.

Club career

Brown signed for Queens Park Rangers in 1940 and played during the war.[2] He played for Colchester United while stationed at Colchester Garrison, making 12 Southern League appearances between October 1945 and April 1946.[3]

Brown also guested for Arsenal in a friendly against Dinamo Moscow in November 1945, alongside Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen. He entered the game after watching as a fan, as Arsenal's goalkeeper was concussed in the first half.[4]

Brown later joined Notts County (1946–1949) and Derby County (1949–1951) before rejoining QPR in 1951. He went on to play 189 league games for Rangers.[5][6][7]

Brown transferred to Plymouth Argyle in August 1956 and later had a spell with Exeter City.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Harry Brown". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
  3. "Harry Brown (Goalkeeper)". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. Howells, Chris (13 November 2020). "Dynamo Moscow's 1945 tour of Britain: Was it really 'war minus the shooting?'". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. Harry Brown at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  6. "Harry Brown". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  7. "Harry Brown". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 31 December 2017.


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