Ronald Brebner

Ronald Brebner

Brebner was part of Great Britain's 1912 Olympic gold medal winning football team
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Gilchrist Brebner
Date of birth	(1881-09-23)23 September 1881
Place of birth	Darlington, England
Date of death	14 November 1914(1914-11-14) (aged 33)
Place of death	Leicester, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1897-1899	Edinburgh University
1899-1902	Northern Nomads
1902-1904	London Caledonians
1904-1905	Elgin City
1905-1906	Sunderland
1906–1907	Chelsea
1911–1912	Darlington
1912–1913	Leicester Fosse
Olympic medal record Men's football Representing  Great Britain 1912 Stockholm Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ronald Gilchrist "Ron" Brebner (23 September 1881 – 14 November 1914) was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

Brebner was born in Darlington. He was the goalkeeper of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played all three matches.^[1]

He died young as a result of a football injury. He sustained head injuries whilst guarding the Leicester Fosse goal. He had two spells at Chelsea, and also played club football for Stockton & the Northern Nomads amateur teams as well as for Huddersfield Town.^[2]

References

General

• Ronald Brebner at databaseOlympics.com

Specific

Great Britain squad – 1908 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists
Bailey  Barlow  Bell  Berry  Brebner  Chapman  Corbett  Crabtree  Daffern  Hardman  Hawkes  Hunt  Porter  Purnell  Scothern  Smith  Stapley  Woodward

Great Britain squad – 1912 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists
H. Bailey  W. Bailey  Berry  Brebner  Burn  Dines  Hanney  Hoare  Knight  Littlewort  Martin  McWhirter  Sanders  Sharpe  Stamper  Walden  Woodward  Wright Coach: Birch