James Brogan (footballer born 1890)
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James Brogan was a professional footballer who played for Bristol Rovers
prior to the First World War
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Brogan joined Rovers in 1910, having previously been playing football in Glasgow
. He made 106 Southern League
appearances at inside forward
and scored 24 goals prior to the outbreak of war, and was Rovers' top goalscorer in the 1912–13 season with eleven goals.
Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....
prior to the First World War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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Brogan joined Rovers in 1910, having previously been playing football in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. He made 106 Southern League
Southern League
Southern League may mean:*Southern League , a United States minor league baseball league**Southern Association, a United States minor league baseball league, was known as the Southern League from 1901–1919...
appearances at inside forward
Inside forward
In football, the position of inside forward was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries. The inside forwards would support the centre forwards, running and making space in the opposition defence, and, as the passing game developed, supporting him with passes...
and scored 24 goals prior to the outbreak of war, and was Rovers' top goalscorer in the 1912–13 season with eleven goals.