Brough, whilst with Port Vale. |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Brough | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Burslem, England | ||
| Date of death | 5 October 1968 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Playing position | Half-back/Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burslem Park Boys | |||
| Smallthorne | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1906–1907 | Burslem Port Vale | 11 | (1) |
| 1907 | Stoke | 1 | (0) |
| 1908 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | (0) |
| 1909–1910 | Port Vale | 20 | (22) |
| 1910–1911 | Liverpool | 11 | (3) |
| 1911–1912 | Bristol City | 22 | (11) |
| 1913–1922 | Port Vale | 128 | (46) |
| Total | 194 | (83) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Joseph (Joe) Brough (9 November 1886 – 5 October 1968) was an English footballer. He played 209 matches (including 72 in the Football League) for Port Vale and scored 111 goals (including 6 in the Football League).[1] He was also an accomplished cycler and sprinter, and continued cycling right up until his death at age 81.[2]
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Brough joined Burslem Port Vale as an amateur from Smallthorne in the autumn of 1906, signing professional forms in February 1907. However in 1907 the club went into liquidation and Brough transferred to Stoke, later he played in two matches in all competitions for Tottenham Hotspur in 1908.[3] However, he returned to Vale in 1909 in a centre-forward capacity and scored a club record of 43 goals in the 1909–10 season, helping the club to the Staffordshire Junior Cup title in the process. He signed for Liverpool in August 1910 and then on to Bristol City. A third move to Vale followed in May 1913, he bagged 35 goals in the 1913–14 season but was conscripted in 1917, due to World War I. He was demobilised in October 1919 and continued playing and with the Staffordshire Senior Cup and North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup titles won in 1920, he retired in the summer of 1922.[4]