Billy Brawn

Billy Brawn
Personal information
Full name William Frederick Brawn
Date of birth (1878-08-01)1 August 1878
Place of birth Wellingborough, England
Date of death 18 August 1932(1932-08-18) (aged 54)
Place of death Brentford, England
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1894–1897 Wellingborough Town
1897–1900 Northampton Town
1900–1901 Sheffield United 14 (4)
1901–1906 Aston Villa 96 (19)
1906–1907 Middlesbrough 56 (5)
1907–1911 Chelsea 93 (10)
1911–1913 Brentford
1918 Tottenham Hotspur
National team
1904 England 2 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

William Frederick Brawn (1 August 1878 – 18 August 1932) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right.

Playing career

Born in Wellingborough, Brawn began his career at local Leicestershire & Northants League side Wellingborough Town.[1] He moved to join Northants League side Northampton Town in 1897.[1] Brawn secured a move to professional football when he joined Division One side Sheffield United in 1900.[1] He moved on to Aston Villa,[2] and earned two caps for England in 1904[3] and won the 1905 FA Cup with the club. Brawn also played for Chelsea, making 99 appearances and scoring 11 goals,[4] and also had spells at Middlesbrough and Brentford.[1] The final competitive appearance of Brawn's career came in the colours of Tottenham Hotspur, when the White Hart Lane club turned up a man short for a London Combination fixture versus Brentford at Griffin Park on 8 November 1918.[1]

Administrative career

Brawn served on the Brentford board of directors in 1919 and acted as "advisory manager" from 1919 until 1921.[1]

Personal life

While with Brentford FC, Billy Brawn ran the Kings Arms Hotel at 19 Boston Road, Brentford.[1]

Honours

As a player

Aston Villa

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
  2. "Profile". Aston Villa Player Database.
  3. Billy Brawn England profile at Englandstats
  4. "Players Appearances Bp-Br". friardale.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. "Billy Brawn". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

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