death_date nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years caps goals image_size nationalyears image name fullname birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
27 december 2008 6 1948 -- 1956 7 november 1915 1946 -- 1947 1947 -- 1948 1948 -- 47 45 30 21 17 9 200 1945 -- 1946 sailor brown.jpg sailor brown robert albert john brown great yarmouth , england england war 5 8 122 47 4 great yarmouth town gorleston great yarmouth town gorleston nottingham forest aston villa gorleston inside forward gorleston sailor brown

sailor brown

robert albert john `` sailor '' brown -lrb- 7 november 1915 -- 27 december 2008 -rrb- , also known as albert brown or bert brown , was an english professional footballer who played as an inside forward .
he was given the nickname `` sailor '' by team mates due to his `` rolling gait and muscularly stocky build '' .
