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Brown with the Philadelphia Eagles
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 4, 1965 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Brooksville, Florida | ||||||||
| Date of death: | June 25, 1992 (aged 27) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Brooksville, Florida | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 292 lb (132 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Brooksville (FL) Hernando | ||||||||
| College: | Miami (FL) | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1987 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 | ||||||||
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| Games Played: | 76 |
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| Quarterback sacks: | 29.5 |
| Interceptions: | 3 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Willie Jerome Brown III (February 4, 1965 – June 25, 1992) was an American football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire five-year NFL career with the Eagles from 1987 to 1991, before his death just before the 1992 season. He was selected to two Pro Bowls in 1990 and 1991. He played college football at the University of Miami.
Brown played college football at the University of Miami, where he was a standout player for one of college football's most successful and perhaps its most dominant program. He graduated from the university in 1987.
Among his more notable moments as a Miami player, five days before the 1987 Fiesta Bowl, at a promotional Fiesta Bowl dinner with the Penn State team, Brown led a walkout by the Miami players. Leading the walkout, he asked: "Did the Japanese go sit down and have dinner with Pearl Harbor before they bombed them?" Brown and his teammates felt that the Penn State players had disrespected them by openly mocking Miami's coach, Jimmy Johnson, at a pre-game banquet. Penn State beat the heavily favored Hurricanes 14-10, and were declared National Champions.
Days earlier, Brown and fellow University of Miami players drew even greater national controversy when each were seen deplaning a chartered University of Miami plane at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport, wearing Battle Dress Uniforms.
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