Horace Brown (footballer)

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Horace Brown
Personal information
Date of birth 1860[1]
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Position(s) Half-Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1883–1886 Stoke
Stoke St Peter's
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horace R. Brown[1] (born 1860) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.[1]

Career[edit]

Brown was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Stoke in their first competitive match in the FA Cup against Manchester in a 2–1 defeat.[1] He stayed at Stoke until the end of the 1886–87 season where he played in three more FA Cup matches[1] He later went on to play for Stoke St Peter's.[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Club Season FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke[1] 1883–84 1 0 1 0
1884–85 0 0 0 0
1885–86 2 0 2 0
1886–87 1 0 1 0
Career Total 4 0 4 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.