Bobby Brown (footballer, born 1940)

He went on to play over 100 games in the Football League, during spells with Watford, Northampton Town and Cardiff City,[2] before he was forced to retire at the age of 27 due to a knee injury.

On his arrival, club captain Alf D'Arcy described Brown as "A very gifted centre forward, lean and so quick but unusually with a sharp brain to go with it!

[4] He then moved to Watford, becoming a full-time professional for the first time in his career, and made 28 League appearances for them before transferring to Northampton Town.

He moved to Cardiff City in October 1966 for a fee of £15,000, winning the Welsh Cup in his first season at Ninian Park, scoring in the second leg of the final during a 2–1 victory over Wrexham.

[8] In the remainder of the campaign, Cardiff would go on to reach the semi-final,[9] the furthest a Welsh club has ever progressed in European competition but, on 26 December 1967, Brown injured his knee during a 3–0 win over Aston Villa.

[4] He returned to pre-season at Cardiff and also received an offer from Yeovil Town but later took the decision to retire after being told that he may need to use a wheelchair if he re-injured the knee.

[4][10] Brown was handed his debut for the England national amateur football team on 20 May 1959, alongside Barnet teammates Roy Sleap and Alf D'Arcy, scoring twice during a 3–1 victory over the Netherlands at Zuiderpark Stadion.