William Brown (footballer, born 1889)

Last updated

William Brown
Personal information
Full name William Pairman Brown [1]
Date of birth 1 August 1889
Place of birth Blantyre, Scotland
Position(s) Inside forward, half back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1910–1913 Queen's Park 11 (2)
1913–1914 Motherwell 4 (0)
1917 Dunfermline Athletic
1918 Heart of Midlothian 1 (0)
0000–1919 St Bernard's
1919– Raith Rovers
1920St Bernard's (loan)
0000–1923 Arbroath Athletic
1923 Dunfermline Athletic 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Pairman Brown was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as an inside forward. [1]

Contents

Personal life

Brown served as a sergeant in the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War and was later commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a lieutenant. [2] [3] He was wounded during the course of his service. [2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queen's Park 1909–10 [1] Scottish Division One 400040
1910–11 [1] 400040
1912–13 [1] 320032
Total11200112
Motherwell 1913–14 [4] Scottish Division One400040
Heart of Midlothian 1918–19 [5] Scottish Division One1010
Dunfermline Athletic 1923–24 [4] Scottish Division Two 100010
Career total17200172

Related Research Articles

Robert Brown was a Scottish international football player and manager. He played as a goalkeeper for Queen's Park, Rangers and Falkirk and made five international appearances for Scotland. He managed St Johnstone at club level and the Scottish national team from 1967 to 1971. Brown was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

Thomas Tindal Fitchie was a Scottish amateur football forward.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Cameron (footballer, born 1872)</span> Scottish footballer and manager

John Cameron was a Scottish footballer and manager. He played as a forward for Queen's Park, Everton and Scotland and was noted as an effective goal-maker and goalscorer. In 1899 he became player-manager at Tottenham Hotspur and guided them to victory in the 1901 FA Cup. As a result, they became the only club outside the English Football League to win the competition. In 1898 he became the first secretary of the Association Footballers' Union, which was the ill-fated fore-runner of the Professional Footballers' Association. He later coached Dresdner SC and during the First World War he was interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in Germany. After the war he coached Ayr United for one season and then became a football journalist, author and publisher. He had previously worked as a columnist for various newspapers before the war.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dick Hendrie</span> Scottish footballer

Richard Hendrie was a Scottish professional football left back, best remembered for his spells as player and manager in the Football League with Gillingham.

Andrew D. Armour was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock and Queen's Park as an outside right. He also played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town and represented the Scottish League XI.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Smyth McColl</span> Scottish footballer

Robert Smyth McColl was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward.

Alexander Leslie Henderson Skene MC was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Fulham as a goalkeeper. He also played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and Hibernian and in the Irish League for Glentoran. He won one cap for Scotland at international level.

Harold McDonald Paul was a Scottish amateur football forward who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. He was capped by Scotland at international level.

William Wiseman was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and later served on the club's committee. He was capped by Scotland at amateur and full international levels.

John R. Barbour was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right in the Scottish and English leagues for Queen's Park, Dundee and Preston North End.

George Strachan Ramsay was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park, Rangers, Ayr United and Partick Thistle as an inside right.

Ralph Risk CBE, MC and Bar was a Scottish solicitor, lawyer and president of the Law Society of Scotland. He also briefly played as an outside forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and was later the president of the club between 1935 and 1938.

Harry Mungles Fletcher was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as a full back.

Dan McKay Broadhead was a Scottish amateur football wing half who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.

James Learmont McBean was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a full back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.

William Crea J. McKenna, also known as Billy McKenna, was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Scottish League for Queen's Park, Falkirk, Port Glasgow Athletic, Morton and Clydebank. He later served on the Queen's Park committee and as club president.

James Walker was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 180 appearances as an inside forward in the Scottish League for Third Lanark. He took part in the club's off-season tour of South America in 1923. He also played for Dundee United and Queen's Park.

William Fulton Walker (1888–1974) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a centre forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.

Robert Angus McFarlane was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Scottish League for Queen's Park, Partick Thistle, Arbroath and Dundee United.

William Thomson Stewart was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as a centre half.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Brown, William Pairman". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 McCrossan, Frank. "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. William Brown on Lives of the First World War
  4. 1 2 Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  5. "William Brown – Hearts Career – from 17 Aug 1918 to 17 Aug 1918". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.