Gordon Brown (guard)
 Brown in Yale uniform | |
| Yale Bulldogs | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 6, 1879 New York City, New York |
| Died: | May 10, 1911 (aged 31) Glen Head, New York |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| College Football Hall of Fame (1954) | |
Francis Gordon "Skim" Brown (September 9, 1879 – May 10, 1911) was an American college football player. He played for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University from 1897 to 1900.[1] In 1900, he captained the Yale football team which was referred to as the "Team of the Century".[2] He was also an academic leader of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Biography[]
Brown was born in New York City, September 6, 1879, to Francis Gordon Brown, Sr. and Julia Noyes Tracy.[3]
After his college career, he entered the banking business, before he died from diabetes at age 31.[4] He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. He is the namesake of the Gordon Brown Memorial Prize.[5]
References[]
- ^ Rubin, Sam (2006). Yale Football. ISBN 9780738545325.
- ^ Kelley, Brooks Mather (January 1, 1999). Yale: A History. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300078439.
- ^ "Yale Finding Aid Database : Guide to the Francis Gordon Brown Papers".
- ^ "Yale's Famous Captain Dead; Francis Gordon Brown, Football Guard in 1897-1900, Dies of Diabetes". The New York Times. May 11, 1911.
- ^ "Yale Endowments". 1917.
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