Alan Haig-Brown (footballer)

Alan Haig-Brown
Haig-Brown while with Old Carthusians in 1903
Personal information
Full name Alan Roderick Haig-Brown[1]
Date of birth 6 September 1877
Place of birth Godalming, England
Date of death 25 March 1918(1918-03-25) (aged 40)[2]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France[2]
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1895 Old Carthusians
1898–1899 Cambridge University
Corinthian
1901–1903 Tottenham Hotspur 4
1903 Old Carthusians
Worthing
Brighton & Hove Albion
Shoreham
Brighton & Hove Albion
1905 Clapton Orient 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alan Roderick Haig-Brown DSO (6 September 1877 – 25 March 1918) was a British Army officer and author who served as commander of the Lancing Officers' Training Corps and later fought in the First World War.[3] He was also an amateur football outside right who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient.[1]

Early life

He was the son of William Haig Brown, headmaster of Charterhouse School, where he was born on 6 September 1877. He was educated was educated at the Dragon School and Charterhouse School. He matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1896, graduating B.A. in 1899, in the Classical Tripos, and was awarded a blue. In 1899, he was appointed Assistant Master at Lancing College.[4][5]

Army career

Haig-Brown's army career began at Lancing College in 1906 as a lieutenant in the Lancing Officers' Training Corps, receiving a promotion to captain before the end of the year.[4] In 1908 his commission was transferred to the Territorial Army.[4] Haig-Brown commanded the Lancing Officers' Training Corps until 1915, by which time the British Army was fighting in the First World War.[4] He was transferred to the 23rd Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment on 1 January 1916, promoted to major and appointed second-in-command of the battalion.[4] Haig-Brown was appointed a temporary lieutenant colonel in September 1916 and given command of the battalion.[4] He saw active service on the Western and Italian fronts between 1916 and 1918, was mentioned in dispatches twice and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.[4] Haig-Brown was killed near the Bapaume-Sapignies road, France on 25 March 1918, during the German Spring Offensive.[4] He was buried Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension.[2]

Author

Haig-Brown authored three books, Sporting Sonnets: And Other Verses (1903), My Game Book (1913) and The O. T. C. and the Great War (1915).[4]

Personal life

Haig-Brown had a wife, a son (Roderick Haig-Brown) and two daughters.[4]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tottenham Hotspur 1901–02[6] Southern League First Division 2 0 0 0 0 2
1902–03[6] 2 0 0 0 0 2
Career total 4 0 0 0 0 4

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 121. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Stratton Dorset". www.strattondorset.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Lancing College War Memorial". www.hambo.org. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Brown or Haig-Brown, Alan Roderick (BRWN896AR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. 1 2 "Alan Haig-Brown". 11v11.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.


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