George Brown (Australian soccer)
{{short description|Australian soccer player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2020}}
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| fullname = George Brown
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| birth_place = Queensland, Australia
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| position = Forward
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| years1 = ?–1925
| clubs1 = Brisbane City
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| years2 = 1925–?
| clubs2 = Pineapple Rovers
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| nationalyears1 = 1922
| nationalteam1 = Australia
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George Brown was a former Australian professional soccer player who played as a forward for Brisbane City, Pineapple Rovers and the Australia national soccer team.
Club career
Brown played for many years for Brisbane City in the Queensland FA Division One. In 1925, he moved to Pineapple Rovers.{{cite book|first=Andrew|last=Howe|year=2018|title=Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player|isbn=978-0-648-13330-8|publisher=Fair Play Publishing}} He won the Premiership in his first season in 1925 with the Pineapple Rovers.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206473382 |title=SOCCER'S CURTAIN |newspaper=Truth |issue=1330 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 September 1925 |access-date=21 November 2020 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
International career
Brown began his international career with Australia in 1922 on their first historic tour against New Zealand, debuting in a 1–1 draw to New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/socceroocaps.pdf|title=The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains|work=Football Federation Australia|publisher=ozfootball.net|access-date=2009-06-23}} He scored his first and only goal for Australia against New Zealand in a 1–3 defeat in July 1922.{{cite news|date=10 July 1922|title=Soccer Football.|page=7 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=15,480|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176897350|access-date=21 November 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1922A.html|title=Socceroo Internationals for 1922|last=Esamie|first=Thomas|access-date=21 November 2020}}
Career statistics
=International=
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| rowspan="2" |National team | rowspan="2" |Year | colspan="2" |Competitive
! colspan="2" |Friendly ! colspan="2" |Total | ||||
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| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | ||||||
| Australia
|1922 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
:Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Australia goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by George Brown |
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|8 July 1922}} |Carlaw Park, Auckland, New Zealand |{{fb|NZL}} |style="text-align:center"|1–2 |style="text-align:center" {{lost|1–3}} |{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176897350 |title=Soccer Football. |newspaper=The Telegraph |issue=15,480 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 July 1922 |accessdate=21 December 2022 |page=7 (SECOND EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}} |