Norman Brown (footballer)

Norman Brown

Brown with Brentford 1907
Personal information
Full name	Norman Liddle Brown
Date of birth	(1885-01-30)30 January 1885
Place of birth	Willington Quay, England
Date of death	9 January 1938(1938-01-09) (aged 52)
Place of death	North Tyneside, England
Height	5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.69 m)[1]
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Willington Athletic
1904–1907	Sunderland	27	(1)
1907–1908	Brentford	24	(1)
1908–1909	Luton Town
1909–1910	Southend United
1910–1911	Millwall Athletic
	North Shields
1913	Blackpool	13	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Liddle Brown (30 January 1885 – 9 January 1938) was an English professional footballer. An outside right or centre forward, he played for eight clubs in his career.[2]

Career

Brown began his career with his hometown club Willington Athletic in the early 1900s. In 1904 he signed for Sunderland, for whom he made 27 Football League appearances and scored one goal.[3]

In 1906, he left the Black Cats and played for five different clubs over a seven-year period, before joining Blackpool in 1913. In his one season with the Seasiders, he played thirteen League games and scored two goals. He retired at the end of the season.

References

Specific

1. "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Blackpool". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 359. ISBN 0951526200.
3. "Norman Brown". Sunderland player profiles. Black Cats. Retrieved 2 October 2010.

General

• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.