1973 Browne, Graham
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Graham Browne was a highly-rated Exeter schoolboy footballer who, in an injury-interupted career, was initially an apprentice with Charlton Athletic and then an amateur with Exeter City.
He had a good pedigree in local schools' football having captained Ladysmith School and represented Exeter and East Devon Schools in the run to the quarter-finals of the English Schools Trophy in 1969.
With his performances for the district side drawing attention, he joined Charlton Athletic (then managed by former City player Theo Foley) as an apprentice in 1970 and went on to play for the club's reserve team on around forty occasions in addition to playing in several first-team friendlies. At various times he played with Allen Clarke and Dick Plumb, two Charlton players with Exeter connections, and against the likes of Graeme Souness, Liam Brady, Glen Hoddle and Ray Wilkins in the early stages of their careers.
Unfortunately injuries hampered Graham's time at the Valley and he returned home to sign amateur forms for City with a view towards an eventual return to the professional ranks. However, after a handful of reserve games injury - once again - disrupted his progress firstly with a hernia and then a knee injury which put him out for the entire 1974/75 season.
Signing for Dawlish Town, managed by future Grecians' youth coach Chris Davey, he had no better luck when knee surgery was unsuccessful necessitating his retirement at the age of twenty-three.
He had a good pedigree in local schools' football having captained Ladysmith School and represented Exeter and East Devon Schools in the run to the quarter-finals of the English Schools Trophy in 1969.
With his performances for the district side drawing attention, he joined Charlton Athletic (then managed by former City player Theo Foley) as an apprentice in 1970 and went on to play for the club's reserve team on around forty occasions in addition to playing in several first-team friendlies. At various times he played with Allen Clarke and Dick Plumb, two Charlton players with Exeter connections, and against the likes of Graeme Souness, Liam Brady, Glen Hoddle and Ray Wilkins in the early stages of their careers.
Unfortunately injuries hampered Graham's time at the Valley and he returned home to sign amateur forms for City with a view towards an eventual return to the professional ranks. However, after a handful of reserve games injury - once again - disrupted his progress firstly with a hernia and then a knee injury which put him out for the entire 1974/75 season.
Signing for Dawlish Town, managed by future Grecians' youth coach Chris Davey, he had no better luck when knee surgery was unsuccessful necessitating his retirement at the age of twenty-three.
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