Alex Brown (rugby union, born 1979)
Birth name | Alexander Thomas Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 May 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Colston's Collegiate School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Brown (born 17 May 1979 in
He attended
He started playing rugby at u7s level for Clifton in 1985 and worked his way through the age levels there
After a brief period with
Brown signed for
He played for
Brown was expected to make his international debut against Australia in November, but he suffered a neck injury and was ruled out of the entire Autumn programme.[3]
He made his senior international debut for England during their 2006 summer tour, in a defeat to Australia.[4]
Brown then played in both tests on the 2007 summer tour,
He was appointed Rugby Operations Manager at Kingsholm Stadium with Gloucester Rugby in 2013.[8] He became a director in 2019,[9] In 2020 he was further promoted to Chief Operating Officer; a role which would partly replace director of rugby.[10] He was later appointed CEO on an Interim basis following the resignation of Lance Bradley in July 2023.[11]
References
- ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby – Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ "Autumn international squads". The Daily Telegraph. 25 October 2005. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- ^ "Brown blow for England". The Daily Telegraph. 25 October 2005. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- ^ "Australia 34–3 England". BBC. 11 June 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- ^ "South Africa 58–10 England". BBC. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- ^ "Alex Brown: Player Biog". Gloucester Rugby. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Alex Brown: Gloucester lock forced to retire through injury". BBC. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Alex Brown named as new Rugby Operations Manager at Gloucester". Gloucester Rugby. 23 April 2013.
- ^ "Alex Brown named as Gloucester Rugby's new Commercial Director". Gloucester Rugby. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Gloucester Rugby announce the appointment of George Skivington as Head Coach". Gloucester Rugby. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Lance Bradley to step down as CEO of Gloucester Rugby". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 14 July 2023.