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Player #32

From:

To:

Career Status:

1884-85

1893-94

Retired

Appearances:

114

Starts:

114

Goals:

61

Assists:

23

Involvements:

84

Albert A Brown

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Forward

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Albert A Brown

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1884-94 🕒 | 114 | ⚽ 61 | 🔥 - | #32 |

Season :

1884-85
1885-86
1886-87
1887-88
1888-89
1889-90
1890-91
1891-92
1892-93
1893-94

Age :

22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

Division :

FAC
FAC
FAC
FAC
FL
FL
FL
FL
D1
D1

Squad # :

#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#

Appearances :

4
2
10
4
25
24
18
0
21
6

Starts :

4
2
10
4
25
24
18
0
21
6

Substitute :

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Goals :

1
1
15
5
9
4
13
0
10
3

Assists :

0
0
4
2
7
4
6
-
-
-

Involvements :

1
1
19
7
16
8
19
0
10
3

Games / Goal :

4.00
2.00
0.67
0.80
2.78
6.00
1.46

Bookings :

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Sendings Off :

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Albert Arthur Brown

Birth Date

January 1862

Birth Place

Aston, Birmingham

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Mitchell St. George's

Original Transfer

Aged

22

From

Mitchell St. George's

For

Free

On

1884

Under

Management Committee

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

32

Retired

Released

1894

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Retired

Died

1930, Aged 68

Albert A Brown

Villa Career

1884-94 Free, 114 | 61 | #32 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

3 November 1884

Under

Management Committee

First Squad

3 November 1884

Manager

Management Committee

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1884-85

3 November 1884

Wednesbury Town (h), FA Cup

22

Management Committee

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1893-94

6 January 1894

Sheffield Wednesday (a), Division One

32

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

6 January 1894

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

1886-87 FA Cup Winners |
1893-94 League Champions |

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Albert A Brown

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Player #35 for Aston Villa, Albert Arthur Brown played as a forward for the club. Albert represented Villa between 1884-85 and 1893-94 including the first 5 football league seasons.

Albert was born in Aston less than a mile from Villa’s current ground on 7th January 1862 and made his debut as a 22 year old on 3rd November 1884.

Villa had signed Albert from Mitchell St. George’s and during his time with the club Albert both the FA Cup and the League.

Albert played all of the 10 games in Villa’s victorious 1886-87 FA Cup campaign, including the final at the Kennington Oval that hosted the 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion.

Albert’s final game for Villa came on the 6th January 1894 at the age of 32 before retiring from football through injury.

Albert played his entire Villa career under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

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