Ed Brown (quarterback)
Brown on a 1955 Bowman football card
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| Position: | Quarterback, Punter | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 26, 1928 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | San Luis Obispo, California | ||||||||
| Date of death: | August 2, 2007 (aged 78) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Kennewick, Washington | ||||||||
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| College: | San Francisco | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1952 / Round: 6 / Pick: 68 | ||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 102-138 |
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| Yards: | 15,600 |
| QB Rating: | 62.8 |
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Charles Edward Brown (October 26, 1928 – August 2, 2007) was an American football quarterback and punter in the National Football League.
Brown went to high school in San Luis Obispo, California, and Hartnell College in Salinas, California. He played for the University of San Francisco Dons through 1951. On his senior year (1951), he quarterbacked the Dons to an undefeated 9-0 season, but the team did not receive a Bowl invitation, largely due to racism towards the black players on the team. Despite the increasing integration of college and pro football, the major bowls that year did not select teams that had black players, or they asked the teams to not bring their black players. The Dons refused to send a white-only squad, so they were snubbed. The 1951 Dons featured Ollie Matson and Burl Toler, both superb players who happened to be African-American. Matson played with great success in the NFL and made the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Toler went on to become the first black official in the NFL. The 1951 Dons are sometimes considered the greatest collection of players ever on one college team. Besides Matson, Toler, and Brown, the Dons had Gino Marchetti, Bob St. Clair, Dick Stanfel, and five other players who made the NFL. In addition, the Dons' head coach Joe Kuharich went on to coach in the NFL and the Dons' athletic news director (publicist) was none other than Pete Rozelle. Despite their great success (or maybe because of it), USF discontinued its football program after the 1951 season due to the high cost of running a top-notch football team.
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