Robert Brown (2 December 1931 – June 2019) was a Scottish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a full back.

Career

Born in

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

, Brown played for Polkemmet Juniors,

and

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

. Brown was Workington's record appearance holder, and made a total of 469 league and cup appearances for the club between 1956 and 1967. He also spent some time as player-coach. His appearance record was beaten by Kyle May in 2015. His son Bobby also played for Workington. He died in June 2019, aged 87.

References

1931 births 2019 deaths Scottish men's footballers Motherwell F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players English Football League players Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Motherwell Workington A.F.C. non-playing staff Workington A.F.C. managers Scottish football managers {{Scotland-footy-defender-1930s-stub