Doug Brown (Canadian football)
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| Date of birth | September 29, 1974 |
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| Place of birth | New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | DT |
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) |
| Weight | 290 lb (130 kg) |
| University | Simon Fraser |
| CFL draft | 1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 |
| Drafted by | Calgary Stampeders |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1997 | Calgary Stampeders* (CFL) |
| 1997 | Buffalo Bills* (NFL) |
| 1998–1999 | Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 2001–2011 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| *Offseason and/or practice roster. | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| CFL East All-Star | 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| CFL West All-Star | 2002 |
| Honors | 2001 CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award |
| Career stats | |
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Douglas Gordon Brown (born September 29, 1974) is a retired National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL) defensive tackle. He played college football at Simon Fraser University. Brown won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 2001. He played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 2001 until his retirement in 2011, competing in three Grey Cups: 2001, 2007, and 2011. He was a CFL All-Star eight times.
Brown was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders 5th overall in the 1997 CFL draft. However, he did not play a game with them and signed with the Buffalo Bills of the NFL, spending his entire time there on the practice squad. Following that he went to play for the Washington Redskins where he played ten games with the NFL team.
The 2000 season was a wash, but the end of the season saw his rights traded to Winnipeg from Calgary. He started playing with the Bombers for the 2001 CFL season which saw him named as the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian and a visit to the 2001 Grey Cup game which the Bombers ended up losing. He soon acquired the nickname "Big Bird" and again won as Winnipeg's MOC award again the following season.
Next season, in 2004, Brown won his third recognition as the Bombers' MOC and also won the award for the Most Outstanding Defensive Player. 2006 was another strong season, and arguably his strongest with the Blue Bombers. However, he finished as runner up for the Most Outstanding Canadian award that year. Brown went to the 2007 Grey Cup, his second appearance in the penultimate CFL, but again came up short losing by four points to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
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