Billy Brawn

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Billy Brawn

| image = Billy_Brawn,_Brentford_FC_footballer,_1911.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Brawn while with Chelsea.

| fullname = William Frederick Brawn{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |date=2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=37}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1878|8|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wellingborough, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1932|8|18|1878|8|1|df=y}}{{NFT player|63952|accessdate=16 March 2019}}

| death_place = Brentford, England

| height = 6ft 1in{{Cite book |last=Goodwin |first=Bob |title=The Spurs Alphabet |date=16 August 2017 |isbn=978-0-9540434-2-1 |pages=51–52 |publisher=Lulu.com |language=en}}

| position = Outside right

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1893

| clubs1 = Wellingborough St Mark's

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1893–1898

| clubs2 = Wellingborough Town

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1898–1900

| clubs3 = Northampton Town

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 1900–1901

| clubs4 = Sheffield United

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1901–1906

| clubs5 = Aston Villa

| caps5 = 95

| goals5 = 19

| years6 = 1906–1907

| clubs6 = Middlesbrough

| caps6 = 56

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 1907–1911

| clubs7 = Chelsea

| caps7 = 93

| goals7 = 10

| years8 = 1911–1913

| clubs8 = Brentford

| caps8 = 69

| goals8 = 8

| years9 = 1916–1917

| clubs9 = → Brentford (guest)

| caps9 = 3

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 1918

| clubs10 = Tottenham Hotspur

| caps10 = 1

| goals10 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1904

| nationalteam1 = England

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

William Frederick Brawn (1 August 1878 – 18 August 1932) was an English international footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League, most notably for Aston Villa and Chelsea. He was nicknamed "Gansey".