Bill Brown (goalkeeper)

Bill Brown

Personal information
Full name	William Dallas Fyfe Brown
Date of birth	(1931-10-08)8 October 1931
Place of birth	Arbroath, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death	Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Carnoustie Panmure
	Arbroath
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1959	Dundee	215	(0)
1959–1966	Tottenham Hotspur	222	(0)
1966–1967	Northampton Town	17	(0)
1967	Toronto Falcons	16	(0)
International career
1958–1965	Scotland	28	(0)
1956–1958	Scottish League XI	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Dallas Fyfe Brown (8 October 1931 – 30 November 2004) was the goalkeeper with Tottenham Hotspur when they won the "double" of League championship and FA Cup in 1961 - the first club in the 20th century to do so.

Brown played as a youth for Carnoustie Panmure and Arbroath. He started his senior career with Dundee as a teenager and made over 200 appearances in the Scottish Football League. Brown was transferred in 1959 for £16,500 to Tottenham Hotspur. He was at White Hart Lane for seven years, winning the Double in 1961, the FA Cup again in 1962 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1963.

Brown was capped 28 times for Scotland and played in the 1958 World Cup. He also played for his country at 'B' team, youth and schoolboy level. Brown also represented the Scottish League XI while he was with Dundee.

After a spell at Northampton Town, Brown moved to Canada to end his playing days with the Toronto Falcons during the 1967 National Professional Soccer League season. After he finished playing, he stayed in Canada and worked as a property developer and for the government. He died in 2004, aged 73. The news broke just before Tottenham played a League Cup tie against Liverpool and, as a tribute, they wore black armbands for the occasion.

Honours

• Scottish League Cup (2): 1952 1953
• Football League First Division (1): 1960-61
• FA Cup (2): 1961 1962
• FA Charity Shield (2): 1961 1962
• European Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1963