John Brown (born January 26, 1962 in Stirling) is a former Scottish professional footballer He played for Hamilton Academical, Dundee and Rangers during his playing days. He is well known by his nickname "Bomber".
Brown started his career at Hamilton before moving on to Dundee. He was signed by Rangers in January 1988 as a promising youngster and went on to be eventually included in 278 games for the club. Along the way, as a squad player he mana...
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John Brown (born January 26, 1962 in Stirling) is a former Scottish professional footballer He played for Hamilton Academical, Dundee and Rangers during his playing days. He is well known by his nickname "Bomber".
Brown started his career at Hamilton before moving on to Dundee. He was signed by Rangers in January 1988 as a promising youngster and went on to be eventually included in 278 games for the club. Along the way, as a squad player he managed to collect 6 league Titles, 3 Scottish Cups and 3 league Cups scoring 18 goals in the process. There was some controversy, with Brown once calling the fans of rival Aberdeen F.C. "morons" in response to their behaviour and song choices during matches against Rangers.
Brown took over as coach of Rangers' Under-18s in 1997 before moving on to coach the reserve team in 2003, replacing former teammate John McGregor. He left the Rangers coaching setup on 27 June 2006 just weeks after new manager Paul Le Guen took charge.
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