Gordon Brown (rugby union), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gordon Brown (rugby union)

Scottish rugby union player

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1947

Place of Birth: Troon, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Mar-2001

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gordon Lamont Brown (1 November 1947 – 19 March 2001) was a Scottish international rugby union footballer.
He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2001.
He was also an inductee to the Scottish Rugby Union Hall of Fame in 2010.
And, The World Rugby Hall of Fame at a ceremony at Wembley during the Rugby World Cup 2015.
His nickname was Broon frae Troon (i.e.
Brown from Troon) after his home town in west central Scotland.
Brown played second row for West of Scotland, Scotland and the British Lions.
He is often considered "Scotland's greatest second row".
He was the younger brother of Peter Brown, the son of footballer John Brown, and the nephew of footballers Tom and Jim Brown. Richard Bath writes of him: A buoyant larger-than-life figure, Brown was an abrasive steamroller of a lock.
Unmoveable in the scrum and unfailingly sure on his own ball at the line-out, he also displayed a dynamism in the loose [play] and an ability to look after himself when the going got tough.
At 6ft 5in.
and over 17 stone, Brown had trouble maintaining peak fitness, so it was hardly surprising his greatest moments came on tour.