Oliver Brown (footballer)

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Oliver Brown
Personal information
Full nameOliver Maurice Brown
Date of birth(1908-10-10)10 October 1908
Place of birthBurton upon Trent, England
Date of death1953 (aged 4445)
Place of deathLondon, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Playing positionCentre forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Trent Villa
Robirth Athletic
Burton Town
1930–1931Nottingham Forest9(6)
1931–1933Norwich City51(33)
1933West Ham United0(0)
1933–1937Brighton & Hove Albion58(38)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Oliver Maurice Brown (10 October 1908 – 1953), also known as Buster Brown,[1] was an English professional footballer who scored 77 goals from 118 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre forward for Nottingham Forest, Norwich City and Brighton & Hove Albion.[2] He was Brighton's top scorer in the 1933–34 and 1934–35 seasons with, respectively, 15 and 26 goals in all competitions.[3]

Brown was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, and died in London. His younger brother Ambrose was also a professional footballer who played League football for Chesterfield, Portsmouth and Wrexham.[1][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 37. ISBN 0-9521337-1-7. 
  2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 39. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6. 
  3. Carden & Harris, p. 338.
  4. Joyce, p. 38.


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