Gordon Brown (rugby union)

Gordon Brown

Scottish Lock Gordon Brown's Try against Western Transvaal 1974
Full name	Gordon Lamont Brown
Date of birth	(1947-11-01)1 November 1947
Place of birth	Troon, Scotland
Date of death	19 March 2001(2001-03-19) (aged 53)
Place of death	Troon, Scotland
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Correct as of 5 March 2007 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1969-1976 1971, 1974, 1977  Scotland British and Irish Lions 30 8 (0) (8) Correct as of 5 March 2007

Position(s)	Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
Correct as of 5 March 2007
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1969-1976 1971, 1974, 1977	Scotland British and Irish Lions	30 8	(0) (8)
Correct as of 5 March 2007

Gordon Lamont Brown (1 November 1947 - 19 March 2001) was a Scottish international rugby union footballer. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2001. He was also an inductee to the Scottish Rugby Union Hall of Fame in 2010. And, The World Rugby Hall of Fame at a ceremony at Wembley during the Rugby World Cup 2015. His nickname was Broon frae Troon (i.e. Brown from Troon) after his home town in west central Scotland. Brown played second row for West of Scotland, Scotland and the British Lions. He is often considered "Scotland's greatest second row". He was the younger brother of Peter Brown, the son of footballer John Brown, and the nephew of footballers Tom and Jim Brown.

Richard Bath writes of him:

A buoyant larger-than-life figure, Brown was an abrasive steamroller of a lock. Unmoveable in the scrum and unfailingly sure on his own ball at the line-out, he also displayed a dynamism in the loose [play] and an ability to look after himself when the going got tough. At 6ft 5in. and over 17 stone, Brown had trouble maintaining peak fitness, so it was hardly surprising his greatest moments came on tour.

Brown was from a sporting family, his elder brother Peter also played for and captained the Scottish side. His father, John played goalkeeper for the Scottish football side and also appeared in the Scottish Open at Royal Troon alongside golfing greats such as Arnold Palmer.