George Brown (footballer, born 1907)
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George Clark Phillips Brown (7 January 1907 – 1988) was a Scottish
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who played for Rangers and the Scotland national team at left half.


Football career

Brown was born in
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on 7 January 1907. He joined Rangers in September 1929 from Ashfield and made his debut against
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in November of that year. He remained at Rangers for the remainder of his career, winning a total of seven League Championships and four
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19 times by Scotland, making his debut against
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in October 1930. He captained Scotland on two occasions. Brown also played in one unofficial wartime international, in February 1941.


After football

After retiring from playing, Brown became a director at Rangers. He was also a school teacher, having graduated from the
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, and became headmaster of
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in Glasgow.Hall of Fame , George Brown
Rangers


See also

*
List of Scotland national football team captains This article lists all the captains of the Scotland national football team. As of 16 November 2022, Scotland have played 816 officially recognised international matches and have had 155 different team captains. George Young captained Scotland m ...
* List of Scotland wartime international footballers


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, George 1907 births 1988 deaths Date of death missing Footballers from Glasgow Men's association football wing halves Scottish Football League players Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Rangers F.C. players Alumni of the University of Glasgow Rangers F.C. non-playing staff Scottish Football League representative players Scotland men's wartime international footballers Scottish schoolteachers Ashfield F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players