Jim Brown (soccer)

Jim Brown

Personal information
Date of birth	(1908-12-31)December 31, 1908
Place of birth	Kilmarnock, Scotland
Date of death	November 9, 1994(1994-11-09) (aged 85)
Place of death	Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Wing forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
Spring 1928	Plainfield Soccer Club / Bayonne Rovers S.C.	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)
National team
1930	United States	4	(1)
Teams managed
1948–1950	Greenwich High School
1950–1952	Greenport United
1952–1974	Brunswick School
1956–1958	Elizabeth Falcons
Honours Representing  United States Soccer FIFA World Cup 1930 Uruguay Soccer
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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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