Ken Brown (footballer born 1934)

Ken Brown

Brown at Upton Park, September 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	(1934-02-16) 16 February 1934 (age 84)
Place of birth	Forest Gate, London, England
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1967	West Ham United	386	(4)
1967–1969	Torquay United	42	(1)
1969–1970	Hereford United
National team‡
1959	England	1	(0)
Teams managed
1980–1987	Norwich City
1987	Shrewsbury Town
1988–1990	Plymouth Argyle
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:00 13 September 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:00 13 September 2010

Kenneth Brown (born 16 February 1934 in Forest Gate, London) is an English former football player and manager. As player, he made more than 400 appearances in the Football League representing West Ham United, where he spent the majority of his career, and Torquay United, and was capped once for the England national team. As manager, he took charge of Norwich City, Shrewsbury Town and Plymouth Argyle.

Brown was playing for local Dagenham side Neville United when he signed professional for West Ham United on 16 October 1951. He quickly made his way into the reserve side, but first team football was much harder to come by, his debut eventually coming in February 1953 against Rotherham United as a replacement for Malcolm Allison. His first five years as a professional saw him only make occasional appearances for the Hammers, although national service between 1952 and 1954 did not help.

He started the 1957–58 season as first-choice in the centre of the West Ham defence, and remained there, missing only one game as West Ham won the Second Division title. On 18 November 1959, Brown made his only appearance for England, a 2–1 victory over Northern Ireland at Wembley. He was a member of the 1964 FA Cup winning side, and the following year was back at Wembley as part of the European Cup Winners' Cup winning side, playing alongside Bobby Moore.