He spent the majority of his career at Millwall, making a total of 263 appearances and scoring 11 goals in all competitions.
He spent two spells with Millwall, fighting in World War II in between.
[1] Brolly won the Football League Third Division South championship with Millwall in 1938, and reached the FA Cup semi-final in the same season.
[3] Later in his career he was a trainer at Crystal Palace, Chelmsford City, and at Ipswich Town with Bobby Robson.
Brolly was nicknamed "The Professor" while coaching at the Robert Browning Institute in Walworth.