Horace Brown (footballer)

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Horace Brown
Personal information
Date of birth 1860 [1]
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England [1]
Position(s) Half-Back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1883–1886 Stoke
Stoke St Peter's
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horace R. Brown [1] (born 1860) was an English footballer who played for Stoke. [1]

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Career

Brown was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Stoke in their first competitive match in the FA Cup against Manchester in a 2–1 defeat. [1] He stayed at Stoke until the end of the 1886–87 season where he played in three more FA Cup matches [1] He later went on to play for Stoke St Peter's. [1]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonFA CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke [1] 1883–84 1010
1884–85 0000
1885–86 2020
1886–87 1010
Career Total4040

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN   0-9524151-0-0.
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