He was the only forward to play in all three British Lions tours in the 1970s, and partnered Willie John McBride in the engine room of the scrum in the 1974 Lions tour to South Africa, during which he scored a remarkable eight tries. His partner at lock in the Scotland team was Alastair McHarg.
Brown was born in Troon, Scotland, later earning him the nickname Broon frae Troon. His father, Jock Brown, played goalkeeper for the Scotland national football team, and his elder brother Peter Brown also played international rugby for Scotland and captained it from no.8.
Gordon Brown died from cancer in 2001. His funeral was attended by former Scotland amd Lions team mates and opponents from the whole rugby world.
External links
Gordon Brown (http://sport.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=325&id=474152002&20041216033944) in The Scotsman newspaper
Broon frae Troon (http://sport.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=736&id=107542003) by Jeff Connor (Scotsman newspaper)
Brown was from a sporting family, his elder brother Peter also played for and captained the Scottish side.
GordonBrown then went on to replace Peter Brown at half-time due to injury, and this was the first time a brother replaced a brother in an international match.
James GordonBrown (born 20 February 1951) is the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the United Kingdom and a British Labour Party politician.
Brown has adhered to Labour's election pledge not to increase the basic or higher rates of income tax: he reduced the starting rate from 20% to 10% in 1999 and the basic rate from 23% to 22% in 2000.
Brown has been the clear favourite to succeed Blair for several years and remains so with experts and the bookmakers; he is one of the few candidates spoken of seriously in Westminster.
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