| Alan Haig-Brown | |
| Fullname: | Alan Roderick Haig-Brown |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Godalming, England |
| Death Place: | near Bapaume, France |
| Position: | Outside right |
| Youthyears1: | 1895–1896 |
| Youthclubs1: | Charterhouse School |
| Youthyears2: | 1896–1899 |
| Youthclubs2: | Cambridge University |
| Years1: | –1900 |
| Clubs1: | Godalming |
| Clubs2: | Old Carthusians |
| Years3: | –1901 |
| Clubs3: | Corinthian |
| Years4: | 1901–1903 |
| Clubs4: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Caps4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 1903 |
| Clubs5: | Old Carthusians |
| Years6: | 1903 |
| Clubs6: | Clapton Orient |
| Years7: | 1903–1906 |
| Clubs7: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Clubs8: | Worthing |
| Clubs9: | Shoreham |
| Years10: | 1906 |
| Clubs10: | Clapton Orient |
| Caps10: | 4 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
Alan Roderick Haig-Brown DSO (6 September 1877 – 25 March 1918) was a British Army officer and author who served as commander of the Lancing Officers' Training Corps and later fought in the First World War.[1] [2] He was also an amateur football outside right and played in the Football League for Clapton Orient.[3]
Haig-Brown was the son of William Haig Brown, headmaster of Charterhouse School, where he was born on 6 September 1877. His elder sister was the headteacher Rosalind Brown.[4] After attending the Dragon School and Charterhouse School, Haig-Brown matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1896 and graduated with a B.A. in Classical Tripos in 1899. He was awarded a blue in 1898 and 1899. In 1899, Haig-Brown was appointed Assistant Master at Lancing College.
Haig-Brown's army career began at Lancing College in 1906, as a lieutenant in the Lancing Officers' Training Corps and by the end of the year, he had been promoted to captain.[5] In 1908, his commission was transferred to the Territorial Army. Haig-Brown commanded the Lancing Officers' Training Corps until 1915, by which time the British Army was fighting in the First World War. On 1 January 1916, he was transferred to the 23rd Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment on 1 January 1916, promoted to major and appointed second-in-command of the battalion. Haig-Brown was appointed a temporary lieutenant colonel in September 1916 and given command of the battalion.
Haig-Brown saw active service on the Western and Italian fronts between 1916 and 1918, was mentioned in dispatches twice and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He was killed by machine-gun fire whilst conducting a rear guard action on the Bapaume-Sapignies road, France on 25 March 1918, the first day of the German spring offensive. Haig-Brown was buried Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension.
Haig-Brown authored three books, Sporting Sonnets: And Other Verses (1903), My Game Book (1913) and The O. T. C. and the Great War (1915).
Haig-Brown had a wife, a son (Roderick Haig-Brown) and two daughters.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1901–02[6] | Southern League First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1902–03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||