Dennis Brown (English footballer)

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Dennis Brown
Personal information
Full name Dennis John Brown[1]
Date of birth (1944-02-08) 8 February 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Reading, England[1]
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Youth career
Battle Athletic
1962–1963 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1964 Chelsea 10 (1)
1964–1967 Swindon Town 92 (38)
1967–1969 Northampton Town 46 (10)
1969–1975 Aldershot Town 245 (55)
1975–1976 Margate
1976–1979 Barnet 80 (10)
1979 Cheltenham Town
1979–1980 Wokingham Town
Total 473 (114)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis John Brown (born 8 February 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Reading, Brown started his career with Battle Athletic before joining Chelsea, where he made his debut in 1963.[2] He scored on his league debut against Manchester United, but would only go on to register nine more league appearances before being sold to Swindon Town in 1964.[2] He stayed at Swindon until 1967, when he was transferred to Northampton Town in an exchange for Bobby Jones.[3]

After just eight games for Northampton Town, Brown was involved in a serious car accident, in which he lost one kneecap and was sidelined for almost a year.[2] He was unable to find his scoring form after the injury, and left for Aldershot Town in 1969.[2]

After leaving the professional game, Brown moved to non-league side Margate in 1975.[4] After one season, he joined Barnet, where he made 80 appearances, scoring ten goals.[5] Following this, he went on to play for Cheltenham Town and Wokingham Town, before retiring in 1980.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dennis Brown". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ^ a b c d e "'Bullets' Brown called the shots". swindonadvertiser.co.uk. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Dennis Brown". swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Dennis Brown". margatefootballclubhistory.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Dennis Brown". downhillsecondhalf.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2022.