Roy Brown (footballer, born 1925)

For other footballers of the same name, see Roy Brown.
Roy Brown
Personal information
Full name Roy Brown[1]
Date of birth (1925-06-10)10 June 1925[1]
Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees, England[1]
Playing position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Stockton West End
1946–1956 Darlington 159 (20)

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


Roy Brown (born 10 June 1925) is an English former footballer who scored 20 goals from 159 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Darlington in the years following the Second World War. He signed from non-league club Stockton West End.[2]

His playing style was that of a "hard man".[3] According to his teammate Baden Powell, "Roy Brown would hit a player like an Exocet missile".[4]

He worked at engineering firm Head Wrightson in Stockton-on-Tees.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-85291-665-7.
  2. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  3. "Memories in sound and text". Farewell to Feethams. Darlington Supporters' Trust. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. Amos, Mike (14 June 2012). "Baden Baden". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  5. "Backtrack". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 29 May 2010 via Newsbank.


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