Bill Brown (soccer player, 1931)
Bill Brown | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | William Dallas Fyfe Brown | |
birthday | October 8, 1931 | |
place of birth | Arbroath , Scotland | |
date of death | December 1, 2004 | |
Place of death | Simcoe , Canada | |
position | goal | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1949-1959 | Dundee FC | 215 (0) |
1959-1966 | Tottenham Hotspur | 222 (0) |
1966-1967 | Northampton Town | 17 (0) |
1967-1968 | Toronto Falcons | 16 (0) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1958-1965 | Scotland | 28 (0) |
1 Only league games are given. |
William Dallas Fyfe Brown (born October 8, 1931 in Arbroath , Scotland , † December 1, 2004 in Simcoe , Canada ) was a Scottish football player .
He played as a goalkeeper at Tottenham Hotspur when they made the double in 1961 and won the championship and the FA Cup (Football Association Challenge Cup) in England . Before the Spurs he played at Dundee, then a year in Northampton, in 1967 he went to Canada and played until his retirement with the Toronto Falcons, a Canadian football team that only existed for two seasons. After retiring, he stayed in Canada and worked in the construction industry and for the government.
Although he only won the Scottish League Cup once, he was one of the mainstays of the Scottish team. At the World Cup finals in 1958 , he was part of the Scottish squad and came there in the preliminary round against France (1: 2) for his first international match. In total, he played 28 games for Scotland. Before that he played for Scotland in various youth teams.
He died in December 2004 after a long illness.
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Brown, Bill |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brown, William Dallas Fyfe (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Arbroath , Scotland |
DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 2004 |
Place of death | Simcoe , Canada |