Craig Brown (ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, an haife shi a shekara ta 1940)

**James Craig Brown** CBE (1 ga Yulin 1940 - 26 ga Yunin 2023) ya kasance ɗan wasan kwallon kafa na ƙwallon ƙwallonƙwallon ƙafa kuma manajan Scotland. Bayan aikinsa na wasa tare da Rangers, Dundee da Falkirk sun ragu ta hanyar jerin raunin gwiwa, Brown ya shiga gudanarwa tare da Clyde a 1977. Daga nan ya horar da kungiyoyin matasa daban-daban na Scotland har sai da aka nada shi manajan Scotland a 1993. Ya rike wannan mukamin har zuwa shekara ta 2001, mafi tsawo ga kocin Scotland, kuma sun cancanci gasar cin kofin duniya ta UEFA Euro 1996 da 1998. Daga baya ya jagoranci Preston North End, Motherwell da Aberdeen . Ya yi ritaya daga gudanarwa a shekarar 2013 kuma an nada shi a matsayin darektan da ba babban jami'in Aberdeen ba.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Tron a ranar 1 ga Yulin 1940 a Corkerhill, Glasgow,  amma an haife shi tare da 'yan uwan biyu a Troon, Rutherglen da Hamilton, mahaifiyar Margaret Caldow, tana motsawa tare da aikin mahaifinsa a matsayin malamin ilimin jiki, daga baya babban mai ba da shawara kan batun.  Ya kasance mai son wasan golf da kuma kallon wasannin Queen's Park da Hamilton Academical.

## Ayyukan wasa

### Farkon aiki
Ya yi karatu a tsohuwar Kwalejin Hamilton, Brown ya buga wa makarantar wasa a gasar makarantun Scotland    da kuma kungiyoyin matasa na kasa da kasa, kafin ya shiga Rangers a shekara ta 1957, ana daukar shi a matsayin babban mai yiwuwa.

### Rangers
Brown da farko an tura shi zuwa Coltness United don samun kwarewa, kuma an zaba shi don tawagar Scotland Junior. [1] Ya kasa samun matsayi na farko na yau da kullun a Rangers, tare da ci gabansa ya dakatar da rauni a gwiwa da isowar Jim Baxter wanda ya taka leda a wannan matsayi, kuma ya koma Dundee a aro a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1960.

### Dundee
Brown shine sa hannu na farko na manajan Dundee Bob Shankly. Kodayake tiyata a gwiwa yana nufin bai yi wasa ba ga tawagar farko a lokacin rance, an sanya motsi na dindindin a lokacin rani na 1961.  Brown koyaushe yana tafiya tare da tawagar farko ta Dundee amma wannan ya kasance kafin a yi amfani da maye gurbin. Don haka bai yi gasa ba har zuwa Nuwamba 1961, sannan ya jira har zuwa Fabrairu 1962 don fara buga gasar lokacin da kyaftin din Bobby Cox ya ji rauni. Brown ya buga wasanni tara a jere kafin ya ji rauni a ranar 31 ga watan Maris a cikin nasara 3-2 a kan Stirling Albion da aka sanya a kasa. Dundee ya lashe gasar zakarun Scotland a wannan kakar kuma bayyanar Brown tara ta ba shi lambar yabo. Brown ya zauna a Dundee na tsawon shekaru hudu da rabi da suka shafi rauni, inda ya buga wasanni 16 ga Dark Blues  amma bai taka rawar gani ba a gasar cin Kofin Turai ta kulob din, ko kuma gasar cin kofen Scotland ta 1964 wanda suka rasa Rangers. A wannan lokacin ya kuma kammala karatun ilimin jiki da koyarwar firamare a Kwalejin Jordanhill,  kuma ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar kiɗa ta Hammy da Hamsters da 'yan wasan Dundee shida suka kafa. 

### Falkirk
Brown ya sanya hannu ga Falkirk a shekarar 1965 a wani lokaci kuma ya ci gaba da yin wasanni 42 a Brockville. An sake shi a shekarar 1967 kuma ya sanya hannu ga Stranraer, amma gwiwarsa da ta ji rauni kusan nan da nan ya bukaci ya kira lokaci a kan aikinsa na wasa, kuma ya dawo da kuɗin da ya samu daga kulob din.