Thomas Courtney Brownlee (21 May 1935 – 16 December 2018) was a Scottish professional

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who played as a

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. Brownlee's career started at Broxburn Athletic before he moved to England, with

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. His career then took him to

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in an exchange deal with

Gus Alexander Angus Charles Alexander (10 January 1934 – 3 January 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half. He joined Burnley in 1950 as an amateur, signing as a professional a year later. He made no first team appearances for Burnley af ...

, non-league Netherfield and

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, where he was the club's top goal-scorer in 1964–65 scoring 14 goals in just 18 games. After just seven games the following season he returned to Netherfield. Brownlee was born in

Carnwath Carnwath (Gaelic: ''A' Chathair Nuadh''; English: "New Fort") is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is bounded by the N ...

, Scotland, in May 1935 and died in December 2018 at the age of 83.

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* 1935 births 2018 deaths Footballers from South Lanarkshire Men's association football forwards Scottish men's footballers Broxburn Athletic F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Walsall F.C. players York City F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players Kendal Town F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-forward-1930s-stub