Bob Brown (baseball player, born 1876)

Robert Paul "Bob" Brown (July 5, 1876 – June 23, 1962) was an American-born Canadian professional baseball player, manager, and executive. From 1938 to 1953 he was president of the Western International League.

Born on July 5, 1876 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Brown attended the University of Notre Dame during the 1890s, where he played football with the Fighting Irish and won letters in football and baseball. He graduated in 1900.<

In 1898, he enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in the Spanish–American War.<

He played professional baseball from 1900 until 1909. Starting as an infielder in Helena, he was teammates with Joe Tinker. From there, he went to Pendleton, Oregon, ending up in Aberdeen, Washington in 1904, where he was both catcher and manager. (He also ran a shoe store.)

In 1908, he helped his team, the Spokane Indians capture the Pacific Coast League championship.

In 1910, he took over sixty percent ownership of the Vancouver Beavers for $500. moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to take on the role of the team's playing manager. While Brown owned the Beavers, manager Kitty Brashier guided the team to Northwestern League championships in 1911; the Beavers were also champions in 1913 and 1914, while the team was second in the league in 1912. In 1942, as the Capilanos, manager Don Osborne led them to a Western International League title, while Bill Brenner (promoted from catcher to manager the previous year) did the same in 1947.

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