Ron Brown (footballer)

Ronald Brown (20 March 1923 – June 1968), sometimes known as Paddy Brown, was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Hull City.^[1]^[3]

Ron Brown
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Brown^[1]
Date of birth	(1923-03-20)20 March 1923
Place of birth	Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Date of death	June 1968 (1968-07) (aged 45)^[2]
Place of death	Nottingham, England
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1947	Plymouth Argyle	24	(17)
1947	Hull City	7	(3)
1947–1948	Linfield
1948	Blackburn Rovers	0	(0)
1948	Brentford	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life edit

Brown served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hull City	1947–48^[2]	Third Division South	7	3	―		7	3
Career total			7	3	0	0	7	3

^ ^a ^b "Ron Brown". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "367 Paddy Brown". On Cloud Seven. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "Brown Of Blackburn Signed By Bees". The Brentford & Chiswick Times. 23 July 1948.
^ "Ron Brown". GoS-DB. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

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