| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1903-06-22)22 June 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Mickley, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 June 1948(1948-06-10) (aged 44) | ||
| Place of death | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mickley Colliery | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1929 | Huddersfield Town | 213 | (142) |
| 1929–1934 | Aston Villa | 116 | (79) |
| 1934–1935 | Burnley | 35 | (24) |
| 1935–1936 | Leeds United | 37 | (19) |
| 1936–1938 | Darlington | 44 | (12) |
| Total | 445 | (276) | |
| International career | |||
| 1926–1932 | England | 9 | (5) |
| The Football League XI | 3 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1936–1938 | Darlington (player-manager) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Brown (22 June 1903 – 10 June 1948) was an English professionalfootballer andfootball manager, who played most of his career withHuddersfield Town. According to theRSSSF he scored more than 517 goals in 711 official matches.[2]
Acentre-forward, he was the highest ever goal-scorer forHuddersfield Town with 159 goals; 142 in theLeague in 213 appearances and 17 from 16 outings in theFA Cup. Signed straight from his pit team atMickley in May 1921, he was eventually sold toAston Villa in August 1929 for £5,000.
For Villa he scored a total of 89 goals in 126 games.
During his career he scored 276 goals in 445 league games, between 1921 and 1938, after which he retired to run a pub. He gained 9 fullEngland caps and represented theFootball League three times.[3]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Darlington |  | October 1936 | October 1938 | 90 | 23 | 45 | 22 | 25.6 |
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