Bob Brown (footballer, born 1870)

Bob Brown
Personal information
Full name Robert Neilson Brown
Date of birth 19 August 1870
Place of birth Port Eglinton, Scotland
Date of death 17 August 1943(1943-08-17) (aged 72)
Place of death Farnworth, England
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Blantyre Thistle
1888–1891 Cambuslang 27 (12)
1891–1894 The Wednesday 45 (8)
1894–1895 Third Lanark 10 (2)
1895–1902 Bolton Wanderers 125 (14)
1897Burnley (loan) 4 (1)
Total 211 (37)
International career
1890 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Neilson Brown (19 August 1870 – 17 August 1943), sometimes misidentified as J. Brown, was a Scottish footballer whose career included periods at Sheffield Wednesday and Bolton Wanderers.