Bill Brown (footballer, born 1931)
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William Dallas Fyfe Brown (8 October 1931 – 30 November 2004) was a Scottish football goalkeeper.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Dallas Fyfe Brown[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1931-10-08)8 October 1931 | ||
Place of birth | Arbroath, Angus, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 30 November 2004(2004-11-30) (aged 73) | ||
Place of death | Simcoe, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Carnoustie Panmure | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1949–1959 | Dundee | 215 | (0) |
1959–1966 | Tottenham Hotspur | 222 | (0) |
1966–1967 | Northampton Town | 17 | (0) |
1967 | Toronto Falcons | 16 | (0) |
Total | 470 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1956 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
1956–1958 | Scottish League XI | 8 | (0) |
1958[3] | SFL trial v SFA | 1 | (0) |
1958–1965 | Scotland | 28 | (0) |
1959[4] | SFA trial v SFL | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Brown played for Dundee between 1949 and 1959, and for Tottenham Hotspur between 1959 and 1966. He was part of the Spurs team that won the Double of Football League and FA Cup in 1961 - the first club to achieve the feat in the 20th century. He was also capped 28 times for the Scotland national team.