Player #333
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1934-35
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George Brown
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1929-34 🕒 127 | ⚽ 89 | 🔥 - | #333 |
Season :
1929-30 | 1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 |
Age :
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Division :
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # | # | # |
Appearances :
45 | 17 | 17 | 41 | 6 | 1 |
Starts :
45 | 17 | 17 | 41 | 6 | 1 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
36 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Assists :
- | - | - | - | - | - |
Involvements :
36 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
Bookings :
- | - | - | - | - | - |
Sendings Off :
- | - | - | - | - | - |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
George Brown
Birth Date
22 June 1903
Birth Place
Mickley, Northumberland
Birth Country
England
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Mickley Juniors
Mickley Colliery
1921-29 Huddersfield Town
Original Transfer
Aged
26
From
Huddersfield Town
For
£5,000
On
August 1929
Under
Billy Smith
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
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For
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On
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Under
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Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
30
Burnley
£1,400
1934
Billy Smith 🏴
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
1934-35 Burnley |
1935-36 Leeds United |
1936-38 Darlington FC |
Died
10 June 1948, Aged 45
George Brown
Villa Career
1929-34 🕒 127 | ⚽ 89 | 🔥 - | #333 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Billy Smith 🏴
Jimmy McMullan 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
31 August 1929
Under
Billy Smith 🏴
First Squad
31 August 1929
Manager
Billy Smith 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1929-30
31 August 1929
Birmingham City (h), Division One
26
Billy Smith 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1934-35
8 September 1934
Leicester City (a), Division One
31
Jimmy McMullan 🏴
Final Squad
8 September 1934
Manager
Jimmy McMullan 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1926-32 🕒 9 | ⚽ 5 |
England
Caps with Villa
1932 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 |
George Brown
Player #334 for Aston Villa, George Brown, nicknamed Bomber, played as a centre forward for the club.
George played for Villa between 1929-30 and 1934–35 making 127 appearances and scoring 89 goals.
George was born in Mickley, Northumberland on 22 June 1903 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 31 August 1929 aged 26.
Villa had signed George from Huddersfield Town earlier in August 1929 for a fee of £5,000.
George immediately flourished in the claret and blue of Villa, scoring 36 goals in his first season to not only finish top scorer but also to make the most appearances - 45 in a 46 game season.
Although 1929-30 was George’s most prolific season he continued to enjoy plundering the opponents’ goal throughout his Villa career - scoring five in one game against Leicester in January 1932.
At the start of the following season, 1932-33, George hit 11 goals in the first seven games, helping Villa finish runners up in the First Division once again.
In total during five years with Villa George scored 89 goals in 127 appearances, twice finishing runners up in the First Division.
George played his final game for Villa on 8 September 1934 aged 31 before moving on to Burnley in return for a fee of £1,400.
George had played under the Billy Smith led Management Committee and Villa’s first manager proper, Jimmy McMullan.
George passed away in Birmingham on 10 June 1948 aged just 45.