Orlando Brown (football player)
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| Position: | Tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 12, 1970 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||
| Date of death: | September 23, 2011 (aged 40) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 360 lb (163 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Washington (DC) Woodson | ||||||||
| College: | South Carolina State | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1993 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 129 |
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| Games started: | 119 |
| Fumble recoveries: | 3 |
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Orlando Claude "Zeus" Brown (December 12, 1970 – September 23, 2011) was an American football player who played offensive tackle in the NFL. He attended Howard D. Woodson High School. He was released by the Baltimore Ravens in March 2006, and previously played for the Cleveland Browns. He played college football for Willie Jeffries at South Carolina State University.
Orlando Brown was born in 1970 in Washington, D.C. Brown attended H. D. Woodson Senior High School. He went to South Carolina State University and played offensive tackle.
Orlando Brown signed with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 1993. He spent three seasons with the Browns.
In 1996, the Browns franchise was suspended, and former Browns owner Art Modell moved most of his players, including Brown, to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Ravens. In his first stint as a Raven, Brown who, at 6-foot-7, 360 pounds, was known as an energetic and intimidating player, earned the nickname "Zeus". In his prime he was one of the highest-paid offensive linemen in the NFL.
Brown was signed as an unrestricted free agent by the "reactivated" Cleveland Browns before the 1999 season. During a December 19, 1999 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Brown was accidentally hit in the right eye by a penalty flag weighted with ball bearings thrown by referee Jeff Triplette. Triplette immediately apologized to Brown. Brown was holding his hand to his eye and then shoved Triplette, knocking him to the ground. Brown was ejected from the game and subsequently suspended by the NFL, although the suspension was lifted when his injury did not heal. Brown was one of only two players to have played for the original Cleveland Browns and the Browns after the team was revived in 1999, as most of the Browns roster was moved to Baltimore. The other player is Antonio Langham.
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