Career
He also played once for the Scotland national football team, in a 1939 British Home Championship match against Wales. He later complained that he would not have conceded even that solitary goal if Rangers had used their regular penalty taker, Bob McPhail, because Brown knew where McPhail normally placed his penalties. During the war, he entered the service of the Royal Navy, while making guest appearances for Hamilton.
He transferred to Hibernian in 1942, but played for Gillingham of England"s Kent League between 1944 and 1946.
Brown then had spells with Dundee and Kilmarnock before retiring as a player in 1950. He then became a physiotherapist, working for Kilmarnock, the All Blacks and the Scotland national rugby union team
Brown was the first person to serve in that function for the Scotland rugby side. Brown was part of a sizeable sporting family.