He was part of the Spurs team that won the Double of Football League and FA Cup in 1961 - the first club to achieve the feat in the 20th century.

He started his senior career with Dundee as a teenager and made over 200 appearances in the Scottish Football League.

[6] He suffered injuries in the mid-1960s, and with the arrival of Pat Jennings to the team, he began to lose his place in the starting lineup.

Brown then moved to Canada to end his playing days with the Toronto Falcons during the 1967 National Professional Soccer League season.

[11][5] The news broke just before Tottenham played a League Cup tie against Liverpool and, as a tribute, they wore black armbands for the occasion.