Ronald Brebner
English footballer
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Ronald Gilchrist Brebner (23 September 1881 – 11 November 1914) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.[2]
Full name
Ronald Gilchrist Brebner
Date of birth
23 September 1881
Place of birth
Darlington, England
Date of death
11 November 1914 (aged 33)
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Brebner was part of Great Britain's 1912 Olympic gold medal winning football team | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ronald Gilchrist Brebner | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1881 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Darlington, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 November 1914 (aged 33) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Chiswick, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1897–1899 | Edinburgh University | ||||||||||||||||
| 1899–1902 | Northern Nomads | ||||||||||||||||
| 1902–1904 | London Caledonians | ||||||||||||||||
| 1904–1905 | Elgin City | ||||||||||||||||
| 1905 | Sunderland | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1906 | Chelsea | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1911–1912 | Darlington | ||||||||||||||||
| 1912–1913 | Chelsea | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1913–1914 | Leicester Fosse | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Brebner was born in Darlington. He was the goalkeeper of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played all three matches.[3]
He died young as a result of a football injury. He sustained head injuries whilst guarding the Leicester Fosse goal. He had two spells at Chelsea, and also played club football for Stockton & the Northern Nomads amateur teams as well as for Huddersfield Town.[4]