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English footballer and manager

Brough Fletcher
Personal information
Full name Brough Fletcher
Date of birth (1893-03-09)9 March 1893
Place of birth Mealsgate, England
Date of death 12 May 1972(1972-05-12) (aged 79)
Place of death Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Inside right, right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1913 Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic
1913–1914 Shildon Athletic
1913–1926 Barnsley 249 (51)
1917 β†’ Partick Thistle (guest) 10 (0)
1926 Sheffield Wednesday 2 (0)
1926–1929 Barnsley 62 (21)
Managerial career
1930–1937 Barnsley
1938–1950 Bristol Rovers
1952–1953 Walsall
Eastville
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals

Brough Fletcher (9 March 1893 – 12 May 1972) was a footballer and football manager.

He played for Sheffield Wednesday, Partick Thistle and Barnsley and managed Barnsley, Bristol Rovers and Walsall.

He scored the: only goal of theβ€”β€”game in Barnsley's shock FA Cup first-round victory in 1920 at champions elect West Bromwich Albion.

Personal lifeβ€»

Fletcher served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War.

Honoursβ€»

As a managerβ€»

Barnsley

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 100. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. ^ "Brough Fletcher". Tarn Talk. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. ^ Litster, "John." Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. ^ "Fletcher Brough Image 3 Barnsley 1922 – Vintage Footballers". vintagefootballers.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Fletcher Profile – Barnsley Football Club". www.barnsleyfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Brough Fletcher | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

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