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| name = Craig Brown<br />{{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}}
| full_name = James Craig Brown
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|6|26|1940|7|1|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Ayr]], Scotland
| height = 
| position = [[Wing half]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Kilmarnock Amateurs<ref name=life>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jTutDwAAQBAJ&dq=Stonelaw&pg=PT7 The Game of My Life], Craig Brown, Kings Road Publishing, 2013, {{ISBN|9781782192695}}</ref>
| years1 = 1957–1961
| clubs1 = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1957–1958
| clubs2 = → [[Coltness United F.C.|Coltness United]] (loan)
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1960–1961
| clubs3 = → [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]] (loan)
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 1961–1965
| clubs4 = [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]]
| caps4 = 14
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1965–1967
| clubs5 = [[Falkirk F.C.|Falkirk]]
| caps5 = 17
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 31
| totalgoals = 0
| manageryears1 = 1977–1986
| managerclubs1 = [[Clyde F.C.|Clyde]]
| manageryears2 = 1986–1993
| managerclubs2 = [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland U21]]
| manageryears3 = 1993–2001
| managerclubs3 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| manageryears4= 1994–1995
| managerclubs4= [[Scotland national football B team|Scotland B]]
| manageryears5= 2002–2004
| managerclubs5= [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]
| manageryears6= 2009–2010
| managerclubs6= [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]]
| manageryears7= 2010–2013
| managerclubs7 = [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]
}}
'''Craig Brown''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (1 July 1940 &ndash; 26 June 2023) was a Scottish professional [[football (soccer)|football]] player and manager. He was the manager of [[Scottish Premier League]] club [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15898292.stm BBC Sport - Aberdeen post £589k trading loss after McGhee departure]</ref> after he left [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]] in December 2010.<ref>[http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/34209/craig-brown-neuer-trainer.html Craig Brown neuer Trainer]{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was born in [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Scotland]].

Brown died on 26 June 2023, five days before his 83rd birthday.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news |title=Craig Brown: Scotland's longest-serving manager dies aged 82 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65956495 |access-date=26 June 2023 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 June 2023}}</ref>

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