Full name Roy Eric Brown Name Roy Brown Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Position Goalkeeper | |
Date of birth (1945-10-05) 5 October 1945 (age 70) Place of birth Shoreham-by-Sea, England | ||
Roy Eric Brown (born 5 October 1945) is an English former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Reading, Notts County and Mansfield Town.
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Playing career
Brown joined Tottenham Hotspur as an amateur in September, 1961 and signed professional forms in October, 1962. The goalkeeper played one first team match in 1966 for the Spurs at White Hart Lane in a 3-1 reverse against Blackpool on 15 October 1966. However, Brown made 250 appearances at various levels in his time with the club. Brown signed for Reading in July, 1968 and featured in 63 matches. In July, 1970 he transferred to Notts County where he went on to make a further 113 appearances before joining Mansfield Town in November, 1975 where he made one senior appearance.
Post-football career
Brown, held the position of Sports Centre manager in the towns of Newark-on-Trent, Watford and Reading before becoming Head of Leisure for Reading Borough Council, a post he held between 1975–1999. In addition he was secretary of the Reading Golf club and later held the same position at Ham Manor Golf Club, Angmering, Sussex.