Bob Brown (rugby league)

Bob Brown

Personal information
Full name	Robert Brown
Born	Wigan, Lancashire, England
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1927–32	Wigan	75	54	1		164
1932–38	Salford	251	136	0		408
1939–40	Rochdale Hornets	25
	Total	351	190	1	0	572
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1932–??	Lancashire	9
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Robert "Bob" Brown was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, playing at club level for Wigan and Salford, as a Wing or Centre. He also represented Lancashire

Playing career

Les Diables Rouges

Bob Brown was one of the players who successfully toured in France with Salford in 1934, during which the Salford team earned the name "Les Diables Rouges", the seventeen players were; Joe Bradbury, Bob Brown, Aubrey Casewell, Paddy Dalton, Bert Day, Cliff Evans, Jack Feetham, George Harris, Barney Hudson, Emlyn Jenkins, Alf Middleton, Sammy Miller, Harold Osbaldestin, Les Pearson, Gus Risman, Billy Watkins, and Billy Williams.

Championship final appearances

Bob Brown played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5 in Salford's 3-15 defeat by Wigan in the Championship final during the 1933–34 season at Wilderspool, Warrington on Saturday 28 April 1934.

County Cup final appearances

About Bob Brown's time, there was Salford's 21-12 victory over Wigan in the 1934 Lancashire Cup final during the 1934–35 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 October 1934, the 15-7 victory over Wigan in the 1935 Lancashire Cup final during the 1935–36 season at Wilderspool, Warrington on Saturday 19 October 1935, the 5-2 victory over Wigan in the 1936 Lancashire Cup final during the 1936–37 season at Wilderspool, Warrington on Saturday 17 October 1936, and he played Centre, i.e. number 4, in the 7-10 defeat by Wigan in the 1938 Lancashire Cup final during the 1938–39 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 October 1938.

External links

• Search for "Brown" at rugbyleagueproject.org