'Bomber' enters Centenary Hall of Fame
ALBION fans have voted Tony 'Bomber' Brown as their choice to enter The Professional Footballers Association's Centenary Hall of Fame.
Baggies supporters were asked to choose from a top-ten list compiled by the PFA, the football clubs and a panel of sports journalists.
And Brown beat off competition from Cyrille Regis, Derek Statham, Willie Johnston, Bobby Robson, Jeff Astle, Laurie Cunningham, WG Richardson, Bob Taylor and Darren Moore.
The former striker, who is the Baggies' record appearance holder and record goalscorer for the club in the League, FA Cup and European competition, will now join 99 players from the other professional clubs to have played in the Football League throughout the past 100 years.
Tony 'Bomber' Brown's statistics:
Born: Oldham, October 1945
Position: Wing-half/inside-forward
West Bromwich Albion: April 1961 to October 1981
Football League: 561+13 appearances, 218 goals
FA Cup: 53+1 appearances, 27 goals
Football League Cup: 46+1 appearances, 17 goals
Others: 44+1 appearances, 17 goals
Won: FA Cup winner's medal in 1967/68, Football League Cup winner's medal in 1965/66, two Football League Cup runners-up medals in 1966/67 and 1969/70, promotion from Division Two in 1975/76
England: One appearance
Profile: Mr.Albion. Ron Atkinson reckons he should have his own statue in West Bromwich.
Just one England cap, but League Cup and FA Cup honours and the undying gratitude of every Albion fan for his contribution to the club.
Brown left the Baggies for Torquay United but returned to The Hawthorns as a coach under Johnny Giles from 1984 to 1986.
