Charles Wreford-Brown Cricketer

Charles Wreford-Brown (9 October 1866 – 26 November 1951) captained the England national football team and was a county cricketer during the Victorian age, and later acted as a sports legislator during the 20th century. Wreford-Brown is usually credited with inventing the term soccer as an abbreviation for association football. However, this is believed to be apocryphal.

Personal facts

Charles Wreford-Brown
Birth dateOctober 09, 1866
Birth place
England national football team , Clifton Bristol
Date of deathNovember 26, 1951
Place of death
England national football team , Bayswater

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