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Lou Brown (rugby league)

Lou Brown
Personal information
Full name Louie Ernest Brown
Born (1905-05-20)20 May 1905
New Zealand
Died 3 June 1947(1947-06-03) (aged 42)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 66 kg (10 st 6 lb)
Position Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ngaruawahia (WRL)
1922–23 Newton (ARL)
1924 City (ARL)
1924–27 Newton (ARL)
1927–30 Wigan 130 106 0 318
1930–31 Halifax 43
1931–34 York 116
1938–39 Bramley 19
Total 308 106 0 0 318
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1922–19?? Auckland
1926–36 New Zealand 9 4 0 0 12
≥1927–≤30 Other Nationalities ≥1 5 0 0 15

Louie Ernest Brown (20 May 1905 – 3 June 1947) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s, and 1930s, playing at representative level for New Zealand, Other Nationalities, and Auckland, as a Wing, or Centre.

Brown originally played for the Ngaruawahia Panthers in the Waikato Rugby League competition, before moving to Auckland and playing in the Auckland Rugby League competition for the Newton Rangers. He made his Auckland début against New South Wales in 1922 as a seventeen-year-old. After the 1923 season, Brown went to England and played for Wigan as an amateur in several reserve games. On his return Brown joined City. Newton appealed, which was upheld by both the Auckland Rugby League and the New Zealand Rugby League. As a result, he was suspended for three weeks until he rejoined the Newton club.

In 1927 he returned to England, joining Wigan as a professional.

Brown also played for Halifax and York before returning to Auckland in time to represent New Zealand in 1935. He also had further stints in France, with Bordeaux, and Bramley before suffering the illness that caused his death in 1947.


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