Jimmy Brain, Arsenal’s brilliant centre forward, signed by Knighton, a triumph for Chapman
This article by Tony Attwood was updated 26 January 2017 with pictures kindly supplied by Martin Levy. Jimmy Brain was born on 11 September 1900 in Bristol, and played for Ton Pentre having worked previously as a coal miner. In 1923 he was sold to Arsenal. The table below shows his league record, …
