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

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Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Va ...

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

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Joe 1929 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Cramlington English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Middlesbrough F.C. players Burnley F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Aldershot F.C. players English football managers Burnley F.C. managers Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen pl:Joe Brown