Robert Samuel ' Bob ' Brown (born 16 October 1895 in Southampton

Southampton

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–died 1980) was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

 and Aldershot

Aldershot F.C.

Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...

.

Football career

Brown began his career at his local club non-League

Non-league football

Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...

 Thorneycrofts

VT F.C.

Sholing F.C. is a semi professional football club based in Sholing in Southampton, Hampshire, England. In 2010, they changed their name from VT F.C. to its present name. They won the Hampshire League twice in their history. In the 2008-09 season, they reached the 4th round of the FA Vase...

 before joining Tottenham Hotspur. The left back made 45 appearances in all competitions for the White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....

club between 1919–23. Brown ended his football career at Aldershot.