William Dallas Fyfe Brown (8 October 1931 – 30 November 2004) was a Scottish football

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. Brown played for Dundee between 1949 and 1959, and for

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between 1959 and 1966. He was part of the Spurs team that won the

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of Football League and

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in 1961 - the first club to achieve the feat in the 20th century. He was also capped 28 times for the Scotland national team.

Career

Dundee

Brown played as a youth for Carnoustie Panmure. He started his senior career with Dundee as a teenager and made over 200 appearances in the Scottish Football League.

Tottenham Hotspur

Brown was signed in 1959 for £16,500 to Tottenham Hotspur in June 1959. He was at White Hart Lane for seven years, winning the Double in 1961 missing only one game the entire season. He also helped the team win the FA Cup again in 1962,and the

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in 1963. He produced one of his best performances in the match against Bratislava in quarter-final of

1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1962–63 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur in a crushing final victory over holders Atlético Madrid. It was the first time a European cup went to an English club. The so-called "wi ...

. He suffered injuries in the mid-1960s, and with the arrival of

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to the team, he began to lose his place in the starting lineup. He played his last game for the club in a friendly in October 1966, and transferred to

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the same month.

Northampton and Toronto Falcons

He next had a spell at

. Brown then moved to Canada to end his playing days with the Toronto Falcons during the 1967 National Professional Soccer League season.

International

Brown was capped 28 times for

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and played in the

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. He also played for his country at 'B' team, youth and schoolboy level. Brown also represented the

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while he was with Dundee.

After playing

After he finished playing, he stayed in Canada and worked as a property developer and for the government. He died in 2004, aged 73. The news broke just before Tottenham played a

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tie against

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and, as a tribute, they wore black armbands for the occasion.

Honours

Dundee *

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: 1951–52 Tottenham Hotspur * Football League First Division: 1960–61 *

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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

* FA Charity Shield:

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Bill 1931 births 2004 deaths 1958 FIFA World Cup players Dundee F.C. players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Association football goalkeepers National Professional Soccer League (1967) players Naturalized citizens of Canada Northampton Town F.C. players Scotland international footballers Scotland B international footballers Scottish footballers Scottish expatriate footballers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Scottish emigrants to Canada English Football League players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Toronto Falcons (1967–68) players People from Arbroath Footballers from Angus, Scotland Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Arbroath F.C. players Carnoustie Panmure F.C. players Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductees FA Cup Final players