Alan Brown (rugby union, born 1911)

Alan Arthur Brown (28 August 1911 – 12 August 1987) was an English international rugby union player.

Alan Brown

Full name	Alan Arthur Brown
Date of birth	(1911-08-28)28 August 1911
Place of birth	St Helens, Lancs, England
Date of death	12 August 1987(1987-08-12) (aged 75)
Place of death	Honiton, Devon, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1938 England 1 (0)

Raised in Sutton, St Helens, Brown attended Cowley Secondary School, which also produced two other England internationals during the 1930s, cousins Dickie Guest and Jack Heaton.^[1]

Brown made representative appearances for Lancashire early in his career, before moving down to Devon to work as a lecturer in physical training at St Luke's College, Exeter, from where he gained his solitary England cap.^[2] He played as a wing-forward against Scotland at Twickenham in the 1938 Home Nations, deputising for an injured Reg Bolton.^[3]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

References

1. "Old Cowleyan's Honour". Liverpool Echo. 19 March 1938.
2. "Calcutta Cup Match Problems". Liverpool Daily Post. 4 March 1938.
3. "Huskisson and Bolton Withdraw". The Guardian. 18 March 1938.

External links

• Alan Brown at ESPNscrum