1948–49 Brentford F.C. season
Playing squad
Sources: 100 Years of Brentford, Timeless Bees, Barry Hugman's Footballers

1948–49 Brentford F.C. season

Section Title: Playing squad
Table Section Text: Sources: 100 Years of Brentford, Timeless Bees, Barry Hugman's Footballers

Pos.	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes

Goalkeepers

GK	Joe Crozier	Scotland	2 December 1914 (aged 33)	East Fife	1937

GK	Ted Gaskell	England	19 December 1916 (aged 31)	Buxton	1937

Defenders

DF	Bill Gorman	Republic of Ireland	13 January 1911 (aged 37)	Bury	1938

DF	Malky MacDonald	Scotland	26 October 1913 (aged 34)	Kilmarnock	1946	Coach

DF	Roddy Munro	Scotland	27 July 1920 (aged 28)	Rangers	1946

DF	Wally Quinton	England	13 December 1917 (aged 30)	Birmingham City	1949

Midfielders

HB	Ron Greenwood	England	11 November 1921 (aged 26)	Bradford Park Avenue	1949

HB	Tom Manley	England	7 October 1912 (aged 35)	Manchester United	1939

HB	David Nelson	Scotland	3 February 1918 (aged 30)	Fulham	1947

HB	George Paterson	Scotland	26 September 1914 (aged 33)	Celtic	1946

HB	Alan Smith	England	15 October 1921 (aged 26)	Arsenal	1946

Forwards

FW	Peter Buchanan	Scotland	13 October 1915 (aged 32)	Fulham	1947

FW	Billy Dare	England	14 February 1927 (aged 21)	Hendon	1948

FW	Jackie Gibbons	England	10 April 1914 (aged 34)	Bradford Park Avenue	1947	Manager

FW	Dickie Girling	England	24 May 1922 (aged 26)	Crystal Palace	1947

FW	Tony Harper	England	26 May 1925 (aged 23)	Headington United	1948

FW	Peter McKennan	Scotland	16 July 1918 (aged 30)	Leicester City	1948

FW	Doug Keene	England	30 August 1928 (aged 19)	Kingsbury Town	1946

FW	Fred Monk	England	9 October 1920 (aged 27)	Guildford City	1948

FW	Viv Woodward	Wales	25 May 1914 (aged 34)	Millwall	1948

Players who left the club mid-season

HB	Jack Chisholm (c)	England	9 October 1924 (aged 23)	Tottenham Hotspur	1947	Transferred to Sheffield United

HB	Paddy Harris	Republic of Ireland	20 February 1918 (aged 30)	Notts County	1948	Released

FW	Alec Blakeman	England	1 April 1922 (aged 26)	Oxford City	1946	Transferred to Sheffield United

Sentence(s)

Wally Quinton from Birmingham City signed for Brentford F.C. in 1949.
Wally Quinton signed from Birmingham City in 1949.

final_sentence: Wally Quinton from Birmingham City signed for Brentford F.C. in 1949.
final_sentence: Wally Quinton signed from Birmingham City in 1949.