Tay Brown

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Tay Brown
USC Trojans
PositionTackle
Personal information
Born:(1911-12-29)December 29, 1911
Died:August 16, 1994(1994-08-16) (aged 82)
Career history
CollegeUSC (1931–1932)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-American
College Football Hall of Fame (1980)

Raymond "Tay" Brown (December 29, 1911 – August 16, 1994) was an All-America tackle and captained the 1932 USC Trojans football team which produced Howard Jones' only perfect season at USC.

College career[]

Brown was a member of USC's national championship teams in 1931 and 1932. He set a Los Angeles Coliseum record of blocking four kicks in one game.

He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

Coaching career[]

Brown served as the head basketball coach and assistant football coach at the University of Cincinnati from 1934 to 1937, and later guided Compton Community College to four Little Rose Bowl invitations while posting a 140–33–9 record at that school.

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