Sandy Brown (footballer, born 1879)

For the player born in 1939, see Sandy Brown (footballer born 1939).

Sandy Brown

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Brown
Date of birth	(1879-04-07)7 April 1879
Place of birth	Beith, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death	New Zealand
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1894–1895	Glenbuck Athletic
1895–1896	Kilsyth Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1896	St Bernard's	43	(21)
1896–1899	Preston North End	63	(25)
1899–1900	Portsmouth	132	(55)
1900–1901	Tottenham Hotspur	84	(10)
1901–1903	Portsmouth	50	(33)
1903–1905	Middlesbrough	44	(15)
1905–1908	Luton Town	69	(33)
	Kettering Town	12	(6)
	Nithsdale Wanderers	14	(6)
	Ayr United	4	(3)
International career
1904	Scotland	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander "Sandy" Brown (7 April 1879 – 6 March 1944) was a Scottish footballer.

Career

Sandy Brown was a prolific scorer in Scottish youth football, and earnt his nickname as the "Glenbuck Goalgetter" as a 15-year-old playing for Glenbuck Athletic. Turning professional with St Bernard's two years later, he was soon induced across the border to English football with Preston North End. After three years, he began a wander which took him to Portsmouth, then Tottenham Hotspur.

During the 1900–01 season, Brown scored 15 goals during Tottenham's FA Cup run, including a goal in every round, which resulted in the club becoming the only non-League team to win the Cup. Brown scored both of Tottenham's goals in the first Final against Sheffield United, a 2–2 draw; in the replayed match Brown scored another as Spurs beat United 3–1 to win the Cup. In total, during his brief spell at Tottenham, Brown scored 45 goals in just 57 games. A spell back at Portsmouth and a time at Middlesbrough followed before Brown settled at Luton Town in 1905. After 33 goals in 69 league games, Brown left for Kettering Town before returning to Scotland with first Nithsdale Wanderers, then Ayr United.

Brown won one cap for Scotland, in a 1–0 defeat by England during the 1904 British Home Championship.

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

• FA Cup winner: 1901

External links

• Sandy Brown at scottishfa.co.uk
• Before Shankly: Sandy Brown, Glenbuck's first Scotland internationalist http://www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-history-news-and-blog/before-shankly-sandy-brown-glenbucks-first-internationalist
• This day in 1879, Sandy Brown http://www.thfclatest.com/2014/04/07/this-day-in-1879/