Career
A goalkeeper, he made 400 appearances in The Football League, but his professional career came to an end in 1970 when he was seriously injured after colliding with a dog which had run onto the field of play. Manchester City Born in Duntocher, Brodie began his career with Junior club Partick Avondale before signing for Manchester City of the Football League First Division in 1953. He spent four years with the club, playing understudy to the popular German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, but failed to break into the first team and departed in 1957.
Gillingham Brodie dropped down the leagues to join Gillingham of the Third Division South in 1957.
He spent one season with the Kent-based club, during which he played 22 times. Aldershot Brodie joined Fourth Division side Aldershot.
At the time he was completing his National Service and was stationed in the town. He remained with Aldershot until February 1961 and departed having made 106 appearances for the club
Wolverhampton Wanderers Brodie secured a move back to the top flight when he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers for a then-club record £9,000 in February 1961.
He played just one match for Wolves, before departing Molineux in September 1961. Northampton Town Brodie dropped back down to the Third Division to join Northampton Town in September 1961, for £4,000. His first appearance for the club meant that he made three consecutive appearances for three different clubs.
Brodie played regularly for the club for just over two years, winning a Third Division championship medal during the successful 1962-1963 campaign.
He departed the County Ground in November 1961, having made 97 appearances for the Cobblers. Brentford Brodie moved to London to join Third Division side Brentford in November 1963.
He quickly usurped long-standing regular goalkeeper Gerry Cakebread and was the Bees" regular goalkeeper until losing his place to Gordon Phillips during an injury-affected 1966-1967 season. He regained his place in the team early in the 1970-1971 campaign, but in November 1970, a dog ran onto the field of play during a match away to Colchester United and collided with Brodie, damaging ligaments in his knee.
Though he managed five further appearances during the second half of the season, the injury ended Brodie"s professional career.
Later, Brodie summed up the incident by saying that "the dog may have been small, but it just happened to be solid". Brodie departed Griffin Park at the end of the 1970-1971 season, having made 224 appearances during his eight years with the Bees. He was posthumously inducted into the in 2015.
Non-league football In 1971 Brodie resumed playing, albeit at a semi-professional level, with Southern League Premier Division club Margate.
He later played for Wealdstone and Maidstone United before retiring from football. Brodie represented Scotland at schoolboy level
After his retirement from football, Brodie became a London taxi driver. He died in 2000 at the age of 63, after suffering with prostate cancer.
As a player Northampton Town Football League Fourth Division (1): 1962-1963 Brentford London Challenge Cup (1): 1966-1967 As an individual.