Tony Brown (soccer player)
| Tony Brown | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Anthony Brown | |
| birthday | October 3, 1945 | |
| place of birth | Oldham , England | |
| position | Outrunner / half-striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| West Bromwich Albion | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1963-1980 | West Bromwich Albion | 574 (218) |
| 1980 | New England Tea Men | 31 (8) |
| 1981 | Jacksonville Tea Men | 32 (9) |
| 1981 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 (0) |
| 1981-1983 | Torquay United | 45 (11) |
| 1983 | Stafford Rangers | 10 (3) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1971 | England | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Anthony "Tony" Brown (born October 3, 1945 in Oldham ) is a former English football player . From 1963 to 1980 he played as a professional for West Bromwich Albion (WBE) in the 1st and 2nd English leagues. With 218 goals in 574 league games, Brown is the most successful goalscorer for the Midlands football club, which was founded in 1878 .
career
society
Coming from his own youth, the almost 18-year-old Brown came in 1963 to the professional team of West Bromwich Albion in the First Division . From then on he played continuously for 17 years for WBE, 14 seasons in the first division and from 1973 to 1976 in the second division . During this time, Brown played a key role in perhaps the most successful time in the history of the Baggies . Outstanding games of these years were the victories in the League Cup 1965/66 and the FA Cup 1967/68. They also reached the League Cup finals in 1967 and 1970 , in which they were subject to Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City . In the league, however, WBE never got beyond places in the (front) midfield and rose in the 1972/73 season as the bottom of the second division . Three years later he returned to the first division, in which Brown played for WBE for four more years and achieved his greatest success in the first division in the 1978/79 season with third place. He then moved to the American professional league NASL for two seasons in 1980 and then completed his career in lower English leagues. In 720 competitive games Brown scored 279 goals for the Baggies and is still the club's record scorer. He is also the only player who managed a hat trick for WBE in the European Cup . To this day, Tony The Bomber Brown is considered an outstanding club legend and enjoys a special reputation in the region and club.
National team
Brown came to a deployment in the English national football team . On May 19, 1971 he was part of the starting line-up in the British Home Championship against Wales. In the 72nd minute he was replaced by Allan Clarke . The game ended with 0-0, the competition with the 46th title for England in this oldest international football tournament.
Honors
In 2009 he received a star on the Birmingham Walk of Stars , an inner-city street area in Birmingham, on behalf of the West Bromwich Albion association , in honor of personalities who deserve the greater Birmingham area. In November 2014 he was honored with a statue in the outdoor area of The Hawthorns Stadium .
successes
- Top scorer in the Football League First Division 1970/71 with 28 goals
With West Bromwich Albion:
- FA Cup winner 1968
- League Cup winner 1966
- Promotion to the First Division in 1976
Web links
- Tony Brown in the database of weltfussball.de
- West Brom legend Tony Brown (...) . , detailed report on MailOnline
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tony Brown on englandstats.com , accessed on April 1, 2015
- ↑ BBC News (November 6, 2014): Statue honors West Bromwich Albion legend Tony 'Bomber' Brown , accessed April 1, 2015
- ↑ weltfußball.at: List of the top scorer in the 1st English division , accessed on March 31, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Tony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brown, Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oldham , England |