Jorge Gibson Brown (3 April 1880 – 3 January 1936) was an Argentine

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of Scottish ancestry, who was one of the most important figures in the early years of the sport in that country."Jorge Brown"
at Fútbol Factory, 20 Oct 2007 During his career, he won a total of 21 titles playing for

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and

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the Quilmes Partido, eponymous county. With a population of 230 ...

and captained the Argentina national team between 1908 and 1913.

Biography

Jorge started playing football in the reserve team of the English High School A.C. team. In 1896 he joined Club Palermo where he played until 1897 when he moved to Lanús Athletic Club. In 1900 he returned to the English High School A.C. where he was part of the team that won the

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

league championship. In 1901 the club changed its name to "Alumni Athletic Club" and over the following decade the club dominated Argentine football, winning 9 of the 12 championships between 1900 and its dissolution in

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. Jorge Brown made his debut for the Argentina national team on 20 July 1902, being part of the line-up that played

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in the

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field, playing as

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and even scoring a goal. He went on to make 23 appearances, scoring four goals. Brown also captained the team for 18 matches between 1908 and 1913. After the dissolution of Alumni, Jorge Brown joined

where he won the 1912 league championship. He played for the club until 1914. Between 1914 and 1927 he played

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competing at the "Liga de los Sábados" (Saturday League), a local competition where he captained Buenos Aires Cricket Club, an institution he would go on to serve as president. Brown played in the cricket league during 13 years."Los hermanos Brown, base de Alumni y el fútbol argentino" by Augusto Baldi, 13 Sep 2011 Brown had four brothers who were also Argentine international players;

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, Carlos, Eliseo and

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, as well as one cousin, Juan Domingo. Two other brothers,

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and Tomás, were also footballers.

Honours

Brown won a total of 21 titles during his career, 20 with Alumni and 1 with Quilmes.

: * Primera División: 1900, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911 *

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: 1907, 1908, 1909 *

Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires The Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires was an Argentine official football cup competition. It was contested fourteen times between 1905 and 1920. This cup was played by teams from Buenos Aires and Rosario (which belonged to Liga Rosarina ...

: 1905, 1906 *

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: 1903, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 *

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: 1906

: * Primera División: 1912

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Jorge 1880 births 1936 deaths Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Argentine footballers Argentina international footballers Association football defenders Association football forwards Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Lanús footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Alumni Athletic Club players Argentine people of Scottish descent Brown family (Argentina)

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