Monty Brown | |
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Brown in 2007
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Birth name | Monty Brown |
Born |
Detroit, Michigan, US |
April 13, 1970
Alma mater | Ferris State University |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Marcus Cor Von Marquis Cor Von Monty Brown |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Billed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
Billed from | Detroit, Michigan The Animal Kingdom The Serengeti |
Trained by |
Dan Severn Sabu |
Debut | 2000 |
Retired | 2007 |
No. 93, 96 | |||||||||
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | April 13, 1970 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
College: | Ferris State | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 1996 | |||||||||
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Solo Tackles: | 71 |
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Assists: | 35 |
Total Tackles: | 106 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Monty Brown (born April 13, 1970) is a retired American professional wrestler and former National Football League linebacker, also known as Marcus Cor Von. He is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment, where he wrestled on its ECW brand under the ring name Marcus Cor Von. In both companies, he utilized the nickname "The Alpha Male". Brown has also wrestled for a number of independent promotions, including Blood, Sweat and Ears, Juggalo Championship Wrestling and the Universal Wrestling Alliance.
Brown attended Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, where he was an All-American American football linebacker with the Ferris State Bulldogs, breaking and setting several defensive records. Brown was the first Ferris State Bulldogs athlete to be named both a first-team Academic All-American and a first-team All-American. In 1992, Brown ranked fifth as a national finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy (awarded to the NCAA Division II Player of the Year) and was named conference co-player of the year in 1992. As a senior, Brown was named the Most Valuable Player of the Ferris State Bulldogs. In his final year, Brown was named the C.M. Frank National Defensive Player of the Year. He was inducted into the Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.