Brough Fletcher | |
Fullname: | Brough Fletcher |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1893 |
Birth Place: | Mealsgate, England |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Bristol, England |
Position: | Inside right, right half |
Years1: | 1912–1913 |
Clubs1: | Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic |
Years2: | 1913–1914 |
Clubs2: | Shildon Athletic |
Years3: | 1913–1926 |
Clubs3: | Barnsley |
Caps3: | 249 |
Goals3: | 51 |
Years4: | 1917 |
Clubs4: | → Partick Thistle (guest) |
Caps4: | 10 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1926 |
Clubs5: | Sheffield Wednesday |
Caps5: | 2 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1926–1929 |
Clubs6: | Barnsley |
Caps6: | 62 |
Goals6: | 21 |
Manageryears1: | 1930–1937 |
Managerclubs1: | Barnsley |
Manageryears2: | 1938–1950 |
Managerclubs2: | Bristol Rovers |
Manageryears3: | 1952–1953 |
Managerclubs3: | Walsall |
Managerclubs4: | Eastville |
Brough Fletcher (9 March 1893 – 12 May 1972) was a footballer and football manager.[2]
He played for Sheffield Wednesday, Partick Thistle and Barnsley and managed Barnsley, Bristol Rovers and Walsall.[3] [4]
He scored the only goal of the game in Barnsley's shock FA Cup first-round victory in 1920 at champions elect West Bromwich Albion.[5]
Fletcher served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War.[6]
Barnsley