Joseph Brown (26 April 1929 – 30 October 2014) was an English

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player and

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Career

Playing

Brown started his career with First Division

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, where he came through from the juniors team. He joined

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in August 1952, but his time at the club was restricted to just six appearances because of a serious back injury. Having suffered a slipped disc in his back at the age of 17, he recovered after the operation and salvaged his playing career. He joined Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in June 1954, where he made a total of 215 appearances and scored five goals in the league. He moved in July 1960 to play for

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Managerial

Brown re-joined

as a coach in 1961 and was in charge of the Burnley team that won the

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in 1968. Almost two years later, he became first team coach when

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took over as manager. Brown became manager of Burnley in January 1976, but lost his job in February 1977. Despite being offered another job at the club, he decided to leave. He joined

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where he worked with the youth set-up. He eventually retired and lived in the

area.

Managerial stats

:''As of 26 August 2007.''

Personal life

Brown was born in

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, England. He died on 30 October 2014 in

, following a long illness, at the age of 85.

Notes

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