Jim Brown (footballer born 1908)
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| Date of birth | December 31, 1908 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | November 9, 1994 (aged 85) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Wing forward | |||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| Spring 1928 | Bayonne Rovers | 8 / 8 | (5 / 8) | |||||||||||||
| 1928–1929 | Newark Skeeters | 42 | (12) | |||||||||||||
| 1929 | New York Nationals | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 1929–1930 | New York Giants | 26 | (13) | |||||||||||||
| Fall 1930 | New York Soccer Club | 25 | (6) | |||||||||||||
| Spring 1931 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 31 | (10) | |||||||||||||
| Fall 1931 – Spring 1932 | Newark Americans | 13 | (7) | |||||||||||||
| 1932–1934 | Manchester United | 40 | (17) | |||||||||||||
| 1934–1936 | Brentford | 74 | (53) | |||||||||||||
| 1936–1937 | Tottenham Hotspur | 34 | (21) | |||||||||||||
| 1937–1940 | Guildford City | 150 | (148) | |||||||||||||
| 1940 | Brentford | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 1941 | Clyde | 2 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 1950–1952 | Greenport United | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
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| 1930 | United States | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
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| 1948–1950 | Greenwich High School | |||||||||||||||
| 1950–1952 | Greenport United | |||||||||||||||
| 1952–1974 | Brunswick School | |||||||||||||||
| 1956–1958 | Elizabeth Falcons | |||||||||||||||
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James Brown (December 31, 1908 – November 9, 1994) was a Scottish American soccer player who played for the United States men's national soccer team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, scoring the only goal of the American team in their 6–1 semi-final loss to Argentina. He began his career in the American Soccer League before moving to England and then Scotland. After retiring from playing, he coached at the youth, senior amateur, and professional levels. He was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.
While born in Kilmarnock, Brown grew up in Troon, the oldest of four brothers, two who played professionally as goalkeepers. In 1920, his father deserted the family and moved to the United States. In 1927, Brown left Scotland to search for his father, settling in Westfield, New Jersey and finding work on the production floor of a metal box factory, where his riveting skills were handy. His brother, Jock, also earned a cap with Scotland and won the 1939 Scottish FA Cup with Clyde FC, while youngest brother Tom played professionally in England for Ipswich Town. Alex Lambie, the uncle of James, John and Tom, was an imposing professional center-half player and captain for Partick Thistle in the 1920s. Brown became an apprentice riveter at the Troon Shipyard when he was 13.
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