Billy Brawn

Billy Brawn

Brawn while with Chelsea.
Personal information
Full name	William Frederick Brawn
Date of birth	(1878-08-01)1 August 1878
Place of birth	Wellingborough, England
Date of death	18 August 1932(1932-08-18) (aged 54)
Place of death	Brentford, England
Playing position	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1894–1897	Wellingborough Town
1897–1900	Northampton Town
1900–1901	Sheffield United	14	(4)
1901–1906	Aston Villa	95	(19)
1906–1907	Middlesbrough	56	(5)
1907–1911	Chelsea	93	(10)
1911–1913	Brentford	69	(8)
1916–1917	→ Brentford (war guest)	3	(0)
1918	Tottenham Hotspur	1	(0)
National team
1904	England	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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.

Born in Wellingborough, Brawn began his career at local Leicestershire & Northants League side Wellingborough Town. He moved to join Northants League side Northampton Town in 1897. Brawn secured a move to professional football when he joined Division One side Sheffield United in 1900. He moved on to Aston Villa, earned two caps for England in 1904 and won the 1905 FA Cup with the club. Brawn also played for Chelsea, making 99 appearances and scoring 11 goals and also had spells at Middlesbrough and Brentford. The final appearance of Brawn's career came in the colours of Tottenham Hotspur, when the White Hart Lane club turned up a man short for a London Combination fixture versus Brentford at Griffin Park on 8 November 1918.

Brawn served on the Brentford board of directors in 1919 and acted as "advisory manager" from 1919 until 1921.

While with Brentford FC, Billy Brawn ran the Kings Arms Hotel at 19 Boston Road, Brentford.