Brynley Charles Gunn (born 21 August 1958, in

Kettering Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ket ...

) is an English former

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who played as a full-back for a number of clubs between 1975 and 1996. He is best remembered for his time with

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

, with which he won the

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, coming on as a substitute in

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. His daughter,

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, played

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for

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, and was part of the

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-winning team of 2005.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Nottingham Forest *

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: 1979–80

References

External links

Nottingham Forest career record
at ''Sporting Heroes'' 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Kettering English footballers Association football defenders Nottingham Forest F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Arnold Town F.C. players English Football League players UEFA Champions League winning players Footballers from Northamptonshire {{England-footy-defender-1950s-stub