John Brown (footballer, born 1947)

John Brown (born 30 December 1947) is an English former goalkeeper, who played for Preston North End, Stockport County, Wigan Athletic and Macclesfield Town.

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

John Brown
Personal information
Full name John Christopher Brown
Date of birth (1947-12-30) 30 December 1947
Place of birth Bradford, Yorkshire
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1975 Preston North End 67 (0)
1970–1971 → Stockport County (loan) 26 (0)
1975–1976 Stockport County 15 (0)
1976–1982 Wigan Athletic 162 (0)
1982-1983 Macclesfield Town 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 1976, he signed for Wigan Athletic when they were still in the Northern Premier League and made 69 league appearances for the club before they were voted into the Football League.[1] Brown was Wigan's first ever goalkeeper in the Football League and was the club's Player of the Year in 1980. He made a further 93 league appearances for the club before joining Macclesfield Town in 1982.

References
  1. "Latics A-Z". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  • John Brown at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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