Ronald Brebner

Ronald Brebner
Brebner was part of Great Britain's 1912 Olympic gold medal winning football team
Personal information
Full name Ronald Gilchrist Brebner
Date of birth (1881-09-23)23 September 1881
Place of birth Darlington, England
Date of death 11 November 1914(1914-11-11) (aged 33)
Place of death Chiswick, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1897–1899 Edinburgh University
1899–1902 Northern Nomads
1902–1904 London Caledonians
1904–1905 Elgin City
1905–1906 Sunderland
1906–1911 Chelsea
1911–1912 Darlington
1912–1913 Chelsea
1913–1914 Leicester Fosse
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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]

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Leicester Fosse". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Ronald Brebner". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ Macario Reyes (26 June 2008). "Football tournament 1912 Olympiad". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Players Appearances Bp-Br".