Buster Brown (footballer)

Buster Brown
Personal information
Full name	William Ian Brown^[1]
Date of birth	(1910-09-06)6 September 1910
Place of birth	Silvertown, England
Date of death	15 January 1993(1993-01-15) (aged 82)^[2]
Place of death	Ealing, England
Position(s)	Utility player
Youth career
	Fairbairn House
0000–1930	Silvertown
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1930–1934	Luton Town	49	(4)
1934–1937	Huddersfield Town	20	(2)
1937–1947	Brentford	92	(2)
1947–1948	Leyton Orient	26	(0)
	Chingford Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Ian Brown (6 September 1910 – 15 January 1993) was a professional footballer who played a number of positions in the Football League for Brentford, Luton Town, Leyton Orient and Huddersfield Town.

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Career

Brown began his career in non-League football with Fairbairn House and Silvertown, before joining Third Division South club Luton Town in 1930.^[1] He made shy of 50 league appearances in four seasons at Kenilworth Road, before moving to the top flight with Huddersfield Town in 1934.^[1] He was used sparingly before joining First Division rivals Brentford in March 1937 as a replacement for Dai Richards.^[3]^[4] He quickly became a regular with the Bees, playing in both full back positions, at half back and centre forward during the 2+1⁄2 years before the Second World War intervened.^[4] Brown remained with Brentford during the war, with his 246 appearances being the most by any Brentford player during wartime.^[5] He dropped down to the Fourth Division to sign for Leyton Orient in May 1947,^[2] before ending his career in the Southern League with Chingford Town the following year.^[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Luton Town	1930–31^[6]	Third Division South	6	2	0	0	—		6	2
	1932–33^[6]		12	0	2	0	—		14	0
	1933–34^[6]		8	1	0	0	1^[a]	0	9	1
	1934–35^[6]		23	1	3	0	2^[a]	0	28	1
	Total		49	4	5	0	3	0	57	4
Huddersfield Town	1934–35^[3]	First Division	1	1	—		—		1	1
	1935–36^[3]	First Division	19	1	2	0	—		21	1
	Total		20	2	2	0	—		22	2
Brentford	1936–37^[5]	First Division	10	0	—		—		10	0
	1937–38^[5]		41	0	4	0	1^[b]	0	46	0
	1938–39^[5]		33	2	1	0	—		34	2
	1945–46^[5]	—			8	0	—		8	0
	1946–47^[5]	First Division	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
	Total		92	2	13	0	1	0	106	2
Career total			161	8	20	0	4	0	185	8

^ ^a ^b Appearance(s) in Third Division South Cup
^ Appearance in Empire Exhibition Trophy

Honours

Brentford

London War Cup: 1941–42^[4]

References

Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

^ ^a ^b ^c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 43. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ ^a ^b "Buster Brown". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Player Profile - Brown, Buster". Huddersfield Town AFC Archive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 29. ISBN 0955294916.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 374–379. ISBN 0951526200.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Buster Brown". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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