: Foot ball ▁clubs ▁in ▁U g anda ▁Category : E astern ▁Region , ▁U g anda ▁Category : M b ale <0x0A> </s> ▁William ▁Brown ▁( also ▁known ▁in ▁Spanish ▁as ▁Gu ill ermo ▁Brown ▁or ▁Al mir ante ▁Brown ) ▁( 2 2 ▁June ▁ 1 7 7 7 ▁– ▁ 3 ▁March ▁ 1 8 5 7 ) ▁was ▁an ▁Irish - born ▁Argent ine ▁adm iral . ▁Brown ' s ▁vict ories ▁in ▁the ▁Independ ence ▁War , ▁the ▁C is pl at ine ▁War ▁and ▁the ▁Ang lo - F rench ▁block ade ▁of ▁the ▁Río ▁de ▁la ▁Pl ata ▁earned ▁the ▁respect ▁and ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁people , ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁still ▁regarded ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁Argentina ' s ▁national ▁hero es . ▁Cre ator ▁and ▁first ▁adm iral ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁mar itime ▁forces , ▁he ▁is ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" father ▁of ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁Navy ". ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Brown ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Fox ford , ▁County ▁May o , ▁Ireland , ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁June ▁ 1 7 7 7 . ▁His ▁family ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁Philadelphia , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁around ▁ 1 7 8 6 , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁nine ▁years ▁old . ▁A ▁short ▁time ▁after ▁the ▁arrival , ▁the ▁friend ▁who ▁had ▁invited ▁them ▁and ▁offered ▁them ▁food ▁and ▁hospital ity ▁died ▁of ▁yellow ▁fe ver . ▁Several ▁days ▁later , ▁William ' s ▁father ▁also ▁succ um bed ▁to ▁the