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{{Short description|English footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Brough Fletcher
| image = Brough Fletcher.jpg
| fullname = Brough Fletcher<ref name="Joyce" />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|03|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mealsgate]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1972|05|12|1893|03|09}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s637/st128280.htm |title=Brough Fletcher |work=Tarn Talk |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Bristol]], England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
| position = [[Inside right]], [[right half]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1912–1913
| clubs1 = [[Chilton Colliery Recreation F.C.|Chilton Colliery Recreation Athletic]]
| years2 = 1913–1914
| clubs2 = [[Shildon A.F.C.|Shildon Athletic]]
| years3 = 1913–1926
| clubs3 = [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]
| caps3 = 249
| goals3 = 51
| years4 = 1917
| clubs4 = → [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] (guest)
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1926
| clubs5 = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1926–1929
| clubs6 = [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]
| caps6 = 62
| goals6 = 21
| manageryears1 = 1930–1937
| managerclubs1 = [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]
| manageryears2 = 1938–1950
| managerclubs2 = [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]
| manageryears3 = 1952–1953
| managerclubs3 = [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]
| manageryears4 = 
| managerclubs4 = Eastville
}}

'''Brough Fletcher''' (9 March 1893 – 12 May 1972) was a [[Association football|footballer]] and football manager.<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |date=16 October 2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=9781905891610 |edition= 3rd Revised |page=100}}</ref>

He played for [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]], [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] and [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] and managed Barnsley, [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] and [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]].<ref name="Litster">{{Cite book |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |last=Litster |first=John |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vintagefootballers.com/product/fletcher-brough-image-3-barnsley-1922/ |title=Fletcher Brough Image 3 Barnsley 1922 – Vintage Footballers |website=vintagefootballers.com |language=en-GB |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>

He scored the only goal of the game in Barnsley's shock [[FA Cup]] first-round victory in 1920 at champions elect [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]].<ref name="barnsleyfc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/oakwell-hall-of-fame/the-shortlist/fletcher-profile/ |title=Fletcher Profile – Barnsley Football Club |website=www.barnsleyfc.co.uk |language=en-gb |access-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127064546/https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/oakwell-hall-of-fame/the-shortlist/fletcher-profile/ |archive-date=27 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Fletcher served as a [[Gunner (rank)|gunner]] in the [[Royal Field Artillery]] during the [[First World War]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/brough-fletcher-service-record/ |title=Brough Fletcher {{!}} Service Record {{!}} Football and the First World War |work=Football and the First World War |access-date=26 November 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Honours ==

=== As a manager ===
'''Barnsley'''

* [[Football League Third Division North]]: [[1933-34 Football League Third Division|1933–34]]<ref name="barnsleyfc" />

==References==
*{{cite book |last=Byrne |first=Stephen |last2=Jay|first2= Mike
|title=Bristol Rovers Football Club – The Definitive History 1883–2003
|year=2003 |publisher=[[Tempus Publishing|Tempus]]
|location=[[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]] |isbn=0-7524-2717-2}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.adrianbullock.com/swfc/stats/play0189.htm |title=Brough Fletcher |work=The Sheffield Wednesday Archive |access-date=23 October 2007 }}
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==External links==
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{{Bristol Rovers F.C. managers}}
{{Walsall F.C. managers}}

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[[Category:People from Cumberland]]
[[Category:Footballers from Cumbria]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Chilton Colliery Recreation F.C. players]]
[[Category:Shildon A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Barnsley F.C. players]]
[[Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:English football managers]]
[[Category:Barnsley F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Walsall F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Scottish Football League players]]
[[Category:Partick Thistle F.C. players]]
[[Category:Men's association football inside forwards]]
[[Category:Men's association football wing halves]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Royal Field Artillery soldiers]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Cumbria]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]


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