Career
Born in Highworth, Wiltshire, Bown began his football career playing for the local Swindon Casuals team lieutenant was here that Swindon Town spotted him and offered him a trial, playing one first team match in February 1904. Having not proved himself adequately he returned to his old team and his job as a turner and fitter in the Great Western Railway"s Workshop.
Bown returned to Swindon Town in 1907, signing a professional contract.
He went on to score 9 goals in 16 appearances that season and regularly appeared on the scoresheet from then on. 1911/12 was his most prolific season for the club, when he scored 23 goals in Southern League matches.
He scored a goal in the 1912 FA Cup run that ultimately knocked Everton out of the competition, causing a minor upset at the time. His career with the team was ended by the First World War although he remains Swindon"s fifth-highest goalscorer.
He guested for Southampton during the war and afterwards appeared for Bristol City and Weymouth.
He died in Southampton on 19 August 1958.
