Billy Brawn

Billy Brawn
Brawn while with Chelsea.
Personal information
Full name William Frederick Brawn[1]
Date of birth (1878-08-01)1 August 1878
Place of birth Wellingborough, England
Date of death 18 August 1932(1932-08-18) (aged 54)[2]
Place of death Brentford, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1893 Wellingborough St Mark's
1893–1898 Wellingborough Town
1898–1900 Northampton Town
1900–1901 Sheffield United 14 (4)
1901–1906 Aston Villa 95 (19)
1906–1907 Middlesbrough 56 (5)
1907–1911 Chelsea 93 (10)
1911–1913 Brentford 69 (8)
1916–1917Brentford (guest) 3 (0)
1918 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (0)
International career
1904 England 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Frederick Brawn (1 August 1878 – 18 August 1932) was an English international footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League, most notably for Aston Villa and Chelsea. He was nicknamed "Gansey".[4]

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 37. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Billy Brawn". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference englandfootballonline was invoked but never defined (see the help page).