Albert Brown (footballer, born 1862)

For other people with the same name, see Arthur Brown (disambiguation).

Arthur Brown

Personal information
Full name	Albert Alfred Brown
Date of birth	(1862-01-07)7 January 1862
Place of birth	Aston, England
Date of death	1930 (aged 67–68)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Mitchell St George's
1887–1893	Aston Villa	86	(37)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Albert Alfred Brown (7 January 1862 – 1930), Brown was a footballer in the early years of English professional football, who played for Aston Villa from 1884 until 1894. Albert and his brother Alfred played in the same forward line during the 1884-1885 and 1885 - 1886 seasons. He was in the Villa team which won the FA Cup in 1887, beating local rivals West Bromwich Albion in the final. Before playing for Villa he played for Mitchell St George's.

Season 1888-89

Albert Brown was one of the 11 players who played in Aston Villa' opening League game. He played on the right wing at Dudley Road, Wolverhampton, then home of Wolverhampton Wanderers, known as the "Wolves". The match was drawn 1-1. Aston Villa and Wolves were great rivals that season with Villa finishing 2nd and Wolves 3rd and only 3 points separated the 2 teams. Albert Brown' debut League goal was on 15 September 1888 at Wellington Road, in a 5–1 win over Stoke. Albert Brown was one of three players to play in every match for Villa that season, 22 League games and 3 FA Cup ties. As a winger Albert Brown played in a midfield that achieved a big (three-or-more-League-goals) win on four occasions. He scored 7 League goals and 1 in the FA Cup. He also scored 2 in a match against Accrington at Wellington Road, Birmingham, the then home of Aston Villa. Aston Villa won 4–2.^[1][2]

He retired from the game because of injury.

His brother Arthur Alfred Brown also played for Villa and made three appearances for England.

Statistics

Source:^[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aston	1888–89	The Football League	22	7	3	1	25	8
Aston Villa	1889–90	Football League	22	7	2	0	24	7
Aston Villa	1890–91	Football League	16	11	2	2	18	13
Aston Villa	1892–93	First Division	20	10	1	0	21	10
Aston Villa	1893–94	First Division	6	2	0	0	6	2

References

1. Metcalf, Mark (2013). The Origins of the Football League. Amberley. ISBN 978-1-4456-1881-4.
2. "English National Football Archive". Retrieved 30 March 2018. (registration & fee required)
3. Albert Brown at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

• Arthur Brown AVFC Bio