Duggie Brown (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Douglas Alexander Brown[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1958[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Poole, Dorset, England[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Airdrie Academicals | |||
| Chapel Hill BC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Aberdeen | 0 | (0) | |
| Clydebank | |||
| 1979–1980 | Sheffield United | 25 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Douglas Alexander "Duggie" Brown (born 21 March 1958) is a former footballer who played as a forward for Sheffield United.
Born in Poole in Dorset,[1] Brown started his career in Scotland where he was signed by Aberdeen but failed to make the breakthrough into the first team.[1] He moved to Clydebank for a short spell before being signed by English side Sheffield United on 2 March 1979, making his league debut the following day in a 1–1 draw against Oldham Athletic.[1]
Described by the press as an 'enthusiastic' player Brown was unable to establish himself as a first team player and eventually left United in October 1980 after playing 31 games in total and scoring five goals.[1]
Following his departure from United Brown returned to his former trade, an engineering fitter for his father, working for his father who was a building sub-contractor. His father had also been a Football League player with Southport and Bradford Park Avenue.[1]