Billy Brawn
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Brawn while with Chelsea. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Frederick Brawn[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Wellingborough, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 August 1932 (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 | 95 | (19) |
| 1906–1907 | Middlesbrough | 56 | (5) |
| 1907–1911 | Chelsea | 93 | (10) |
| 1911–1913 | Brentford | 69 | (8) |
| 1916–1917 | → Brentford (war guest) | 3 | (0) |
| 1918 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1904 | England | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
William Frederick Brawn (1 August 1878 – 18 August 1932) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right in the Football League, most notably for Aston Villa and Chelsea.
Playing career
Born in Wellingborough, Brawn began his career at local Leicestershire & Northants League side Wellingborough Town.[2] He moved to join Northants League side Northampton Town in 1897.[2] Brawn secured a move to professional football when he joined Division One side Sheffield United in 1900.[2] He moved on to Aston Villa,[3] earned two caps for England in 1904 and won the 1905 FA Cup with the club.[4][5] Brawn also played for Chelsea, making 99 appearances and scoring 11 goals and also had spells at Middlesbrough and Brentford.[2][6][7][8] The final 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.[2]
Administrative career
Brawn served on the Brentford board of directors in 1919 and acted as "advisory manager" from 1919 until 1921.[2]
Personal life
While with Brentford FC, Billy Brawn ran the Kings Arms Hotel at 19 Boston Road, Brentford.[2]
Honours
As a player
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Aston Villa | 1901–02[6] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1902–03[6] | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 1903–04[6] | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | ||
| 1904–05[6] | 31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 7 | ||
| 1905–06[6] | 15 | 3 | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| Total | 95 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 107 | 20 | ||
| Middesbrough | 1905–06[6] | First Division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 1906–07[6] | 37 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 5 | ||
| 1907–08[6] | 11 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 6 | ||
| Chelsea | 1907–08[6] | First Division | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| 1908–09[6] | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
| 1909–10[6] | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | ||
| 1910–11[6] | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 93 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 11 | ||
| Brentford | 1911–12[7] | Southern League First Division | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 5 |
| 1912–13[7] | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
| Total | 69 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 76 | 9 | ||
| Career Total | 313 | 42 | 27 | 4 | 340 | 46 | ||
References
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 37. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. pp. 20–21. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
- ↑ "Profile". Aston Villa Player Database.
- ↑ Billy Brawn England profile at Englandstats
- 1 2 "Billy Brawn". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Billy Brawn". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 361–362. ISBN 0951526200.
- ↑ White 1989, p. 363-365.
External links
- Billy Brawn at Soccerbase
