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Ronald Brebner

Brebner was part of Great Britain's 1912 Olympic gold medal winning football team
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Gilchrist Brebner
Date of birth	(1881-09-23)23 September 1881
Place of birth	Darlington, England
Date of death	11 November 1914(1914-11-11) (aged 33)
Place of death	Chiswick, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1897–1899	Edinburgh University
1899–1902	Northern Nomads
1902–1904	London Caledonians
1904–1905	Elgin City
1905–1906	Sunderland
1906–1911	Chelsea
1911–1912	Darlington
1912–1913	Chelsea
1913–1914	Leicester Fosse
Medal record Men's football Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Gilchrist Brebner (23 September 1881 – 11 November 1914) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

Brebner was born in Darlington. He was the goalkeeper of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played all three matches.

He died young as a result of a football injury. He sustained head injuries whilst guarding the Leicester Fosse goal. He had two spells at Chelsea, and also played club football for Stockton & the Northern Nomads amateur teams as well as for Huddersfield Town.

References

General

• Roland Brebner at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Ronald Brebner at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Specific

1. "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Leicester Fosse". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Ronald Brebner". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
3. Macario Reyes (26 June 2008). "Football tournament 1912 Olympiad". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
4. "Players Appearances Bp-Br".

v t e Great Britain football squad – 1908 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists
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v t e Great Britain football squad – 1912 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists
Berry Brebner Burn Dines Hanney Hoare Knight Littlewort McWhirter Sharpe Stamper Walden Woodward Wright Coach: Birch

• 1881 births
• 1914 deaths
• Footballers from Darlington
• English men's footballers
• English Olympic competitors
• England men's amateur international footballers
• Men's association football goalkeepers
• Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Olympic footballers for Great Britain
• Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
• English Football League players
• Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
• Northern Nomads F.C. players
• London Caledonians F.C. players
• Elgin City F.C. players
• Sunderland A.F.C. players
• Chelsea F.C. players
• Darlington F.C. players
• Leicester City F.C. players
• Olympic medalists in football
• Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Association football players who died while playing
• Sport deaths in England