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George Brown (footballer, born 1880)

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and had to take to the field two minutes into the game. Signed on the basis of being a "fast and tricky" winger, he failed to impress, with the local media claiming that he 'held onto the ball too long', and he made only one more league appearance for the Blades before being released at the end of
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in March 1908, the pair moving for a combined fee of £600. Brown's United career got off to a poor start as he was late arriving for his debut game, an away fixture at
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After his football career finished it was reported in 1925 that Brown was the caretaker of the British Seaman's Institute in
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in 1905. Having made nineteen league appearances for Norwich, scoring one goal, he returned to London to sign for
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in 1906. Having made 25 league appearances for Millwall, Brown returned north the following season to sign for
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some time around the end of the Nineteenth Century before moving to London to join another amateur side
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on 1 September 1904. He made eight league appearances in total whilst at Stoke before moving to
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and later took up positions as clerk of works at various airfields that were being built.
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After making 18 league appearances for Trinity, Brown was transferred to
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Brown began his football career as an amateur with his home town club of
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in Suffolk, England he started his career with his home town club
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but failed to make an appearance before moving north to sign for
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as a make-weight in the deal that took fellow Trinity player
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in Spain. He returned to England before the outbreak of the
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in 1903 where he turned professional, before moving to
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Hallamshire Press. p. 69. 795:English Football League players 730:The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1: 840:Sheffield United F.C. players 250:(born 17 January 1880) was a 248:George "Gee Gee" Gravar Brown 810:Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players 780:Sportspeople from Lowestoft 856: 698:Sheffield United Who's Who 825:Norwich City F.C. players 790:English men's footballers 642: 410: 407: 404: 401: 398: 240: 68: 57: 42: 34: 785:Footballers from Suffolk 820:Stoke City F.C. players 757:(subscription required) 728:Matthews, Tony (1994). 830:Millwall F.C. players 815:Arsenal F.C. players 578:Gainsborough Trinity 369:the 1908–09 season. 343:Gainsborough Trinity 310:. In 1903 he joined 288:Gainsborough Trinity 211:Gainsborough Trinity 27:Personal information 35:George Gravar Brown 23: 254:who played in the 61:, Suffolk, England 16:English footballer 707:978-1-874718-69-7 665: 664: 545:Millwall Athletic 389:Career statistics 383:Spanish Civil War 335:Millwall Athletic 284:Millwall Athletic 266:before spells at 245: 244: 193:Millwall Athletic 847: 759: 758: 750: 744: 743: 725: 712: 711: 693: 611:Sheffield United 587:Second Division 554:Southern League 440:Woolwich Arsenal 396: 350:Sheffield United 312:Woolwich Arsenal 292:Sheffield United 272:Woolwich Arsenal 229:Sheffield United 225: 207: 189: 171: 153: 139:Woolwich Arsenal 135: 100: 92: 49: 47: 24: 855: 854: 850: 849: 848: 846: 845: 844: 765: 764: 763: 762: 756: 751: 747: 740: 727: 726: 715: 708: 695: 694: 675: 670: 620:First Division 520:Southern League 450:Second Division 391: 375: 323:Football League 321:Brown made his 300: 256:Football League 223: 205: 187: 169: 151: 133: 50:17 January 1880 45: 43: 17: 12: 11: 5: 853: 851: 843: 842: 837: 832: 827: 822: 817: 812: 807: 802: 797: 792: 787: 782: 777: 767: 766: 761: 760: 745: 738: 732:. 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