Brian Arrowsmith
Association football player
About Brian Arrowsmith
Lived 1940 – 2020 (aged 79). Brian Arrowsmith was a British association football player and association football coach.
Brian Arrowsmith (2 July 1940 – 12 April 2020) was an English footballer and manager. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, he spent his entire professional career at his hometown club Barrow. He made 512 appearances for Barrow, including 378 in the Football League, the most at that level for the club. and stayed with the club for a total of eleven seasons. but returned to Barrow – who by then had been voted out of the Football League and placed in the Northern Premier League themselves – in 1974 as player-manager.
Arrowsmith died in hospital on Easter Sunday in 2020 having contracted COVID-19.
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Who was Brian Arrowsmith?
association football player (1940-2020)
When was Brian Arrowsmith born?
Brian Arrowsmith was born on 2 July 1940 in Barrow-in-Furness.
When did Brian Arrowsmith die?
Brian Arrowsmith died on 12 April 2020.
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Brian Arrowsmith was an association football player and association football coach.
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Brian Arrowsmith was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Brian Arrowsmith. https://biography.guide/brian-arrowsmith/
MLA: "Brian Arrowsmith." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/brian-arrowsmith/.
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