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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = James Brown
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| fullname = James Brown
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1906|6|24}}<ref name="ENFA">{{ENFA}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Motherwell]], Scotland<ref name="ENFA"/>
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 5 ft 9 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-v-di/134566111/ |title=Manchester United. Weak positions improved |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=v |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
| position = [[Wing half|Right half]]
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Belhavenock
| youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 =
| years1 = |clubs1 = [[Maryhill F.C.|Maryhill]]
| years2 = |clubs2 = [[Wishaw F.C.|Wishaw Juniors]]
| years3 = 1926–1927 |clubs3 = [[East Fife F.C.|East Fife]] |caps3 = 9 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1927–1935 |clubs4 = [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] |caps4 = 228 |goals4 = 5
| years5 = 1935–1939 |clubs5 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] |caps5 = 102 |goals5 = 1
| years6 = 1939–1940 |clubs6 = [[Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.|Bradford Park Avenue]] |caps6 = 14 |goals6 = 0
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'''James Brown''' (born 1906; date of death unknown) was a Scottish [[association football|footballer]] who played at right half-back. Born in [[Leith]], [[Edinburgh]], he spent most of his football career playing in England, for [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.|Bradford Park Avenue]].
==Career==
[[Category:1907 births|Brown, James]]▼
Born in [[Leith]], Brown was orphaned at the age of 7, along with his five brothers.<ref name="dykes_53">Dykes (1994), p. 53.</ref> He entered the coal-mining industry while still at school, but after becoming a Scottish schoolboy international, he decided to pursue a career in football.<ref name="dykes_53"/> After playing for Belhavenock, [[Maryhill F.C.|Maryhill]] and [[Wishaw F.C.|Wishaw Juniors]] in the [[Scottish Junior Football League|Scottish Junior League]],<ref>Joyce (2004), p. 39.</ref> he joined [[Scottish Football League Second Division|Scottish Second Division]] club [[East Fife F.C.|East Fife]] for the 1926–27 season.<ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}</ref> After a successful season in which his team reached the [[1926–27 Scottish Cup#Final|final]] of the [[Scottish Cup]], he earned a move to England, where he was signed by [[Football League First Division|First Division]] side [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]].<ref name="dykes_53"/>
[[Category:Scottish footballers|Brown, James]]▼
[[Category:East Fife F.C. players|Brown, James]]▼
Burnley narrowly avoided relegation to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] in Brown's first two seasons with the club, but they were unable to do so again in 1929–30. Two years later, Brown was named as the club's captain. However, in June 1935, he was signed by [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] for a fee of £1,000.<ref name="dykes_54">Dykes (1994), p. 54.</ref> In his eight years with Burnley, Brown scored five goals in 228 league appearances. He made his debut for Manchester United in a 3–1 defeat away to [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] on 31 August 1935. He was the club's starting right-half and captain for most of the season,<ref>McCartney (2013), p. 64.</ref> missing just two matches as Manchester United finished top of the Second Division to earn promotion to the top flight.<ref>{{cite web |title=1935/36 |url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season1936.html |publisher=StretfordEnd.co.uk |accessdate=3 April 2014 }}</ref>
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[[Category:Manchester United F.C. players|Brown, James]]▼
He continued as the club's first-choice right-half for the next two seasons as they were relegated back to the Second Division and immediately promoted again. Having already lost the captaincy to [[George Roughton]] in 1937,<ref>{{cite journal |date=June 2009 |title=Newton Heath and Manchester United Captains |journal=Manchester United Museum Information Sheets |publisher=Manchester United }}</ref> Brown lost his place in the team to [[George Gladwin]] at the start of the 1938–39 season, before [[Jack Warner (footballer born 1911)|Jack Warner]] took over in November 1938, having been signed the previous summer.<ref name="dykes_54"/> This meant that Brown made just three appearances for Manchester United in 1938–39 and he was allowed to leave for [[Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.|Bradford Park Avenue]] in February 1939. He made 13 appearances for Bradford Park Avenue before the end of the season and another in 1939–40 before league football was suspended due to the [[World War II|Second World War]], during which he retired from football.<ref name="dykes_54"/>
[[Category:Bradford F.C. players|Brown, James]]▼
[[Category:Year of death missing|Brown, James]]▼
==References==
;General
*{{cite book |last1=Dykes |first1=Garth |title=The United Alphabet: A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United F.C. |publisher=ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) |location=Leicester |year=1994 |isbn=0-9514862-6-8 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Joyce |first1=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |year=2004 |publisher=Tony Brown |location=Nottingham |isbn=1899468676 }}
*{{cite book |last1=McCartney |first1=Iain |title=The Official Manchester United Players' A-Z |year=2013 |publisher=Simon & Schuster UK |location=London |isbn=978-1-47112-846-2 }}
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==External links==
*[http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/playermenu/brown_james3.html Profile] at StretfordEnd.co.uk
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[[Category:Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Leith]]
[[Category:Men's association football wing halves]]
[[Category:Footballers from Motherwell]]
[[Category:Wishaw F.C. players]]
[[Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players]]
[[Category:Scottish Football League players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
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