He also played non-league football for Lewes St Mary's, Portslade, Hastings United and Dover.
He played local football for Lewes St Mary's and Portslade[2] before being called up for National Service.
A tall, heavily built man, Brown was serving in Gibraltar in March 1958 when he was recommended to Brighton & Hove Albion as a promising centre half;[3] he signed for the club six months later, the day after his brother Irvin, also a centre half, left it.
In January 1962, he joined Exeter City, managed by former Brighton team-mate Glen Wilson.
He scored three goals from eleven Division Four appearances, and left at the end of the season for non-league football with clubs including Hastings United and Dover.