Name Gordon Brown Role Rugby league | Positions Stand-off | |
Gordon F. Brown (birth registered October→December 1930 (age 86–87)) birth registered in Leeds district, is an English professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer who played in the 1950s, and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Leeds, and Keighley, as a stand-off/five-eighth, i.e. number 6, and coaching at club level for Keighley.
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International honours
Gordon Brown won caps for Great Britain while at Leeds in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against Australia (2-tries), France (1-try), New Zealand (1-try), France (2-tries); and in 1955 against New Zealand (2 matches).
Gordon Brown played stand-off/five-eighth in all four of Great Britain's 1954 Rugby League World Cup matches, including Great Britain’s 16-12 victory over France in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup Final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 November 1954.
Gordon Brown also represented Great Britain while at Leeds between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).
Club career
Gordon Brown made his début for Leeds against Halifax at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 22 April 1950.