Gordon Brown (rugby union)

Gordon Brown

Scottish Lock Gordon Brown's Try against Western Transvaal 1974
Birth name	Gordon Lamont Brown
Date of birth	(1947-11-01)1 November 1947
Place of birth	Troon, Scotland
Date of death	19 March 2001(2001-03-19) (aged 53)
Place of death	Troon, Scotland
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb) [1]
School	Marr College
Notable relative(s)	John Brown (father), Peter Brown (brother) John Brown (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) West of Scotland () – Marr College FP () Correct as of 5 March 2007 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1969-1976 Scotland 30 (0) 1971, 1974, 1977 British and Irish Lions 8 (8) Correct as of 5 March 2007

Gordon Lamont Brown (1 November 1947 – 19 March 2001) was a Scottish rugby union footballer. Nicknamed "Broon frae Troon" (i.e. Brown from Troon, his home town),^[2] Brown is considered one of Scotland's greatest-ever rugby players. Playing as a second row forward, he was an integral part of Scotland's tight five during the early 1970s, along with Ian McLauchlan, Sandy Carmichael, Frank Laidlaw and Alastair McHarg, which became known collectively as the Mean Machine.^[3] He also represented the British and Irish Lions on three tours with distinction. Brown was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2001, which later integrated with the World Rugby Hall of Fame, into which he was inducted in 2015. He was also an inductee to the Scottish Rugby Union Hall of Fame in 2010.