Ray Brown (American football, born 1936)
American football player (1936–2017)
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Raymond Lloyd Brown (September 7, 1936 – December 25, 2017) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back and quarterback for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Ole Miss Rebels, he was selected by the Colts in the fifth round (50th overall) of the 1958 NFL draft. He played three seasons for Baltimore (1958–1960), and was a member of their back-to-back championship teams in 1958 and 1959.[1][2]
Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.
Gautier, Mississippi, U.S.
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| Positions | Safety, quarterback | ||||||||||
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| Born | September 7, 1936 Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died | December 25, 2017 (aged 81) Gautier, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Greenville (Greenville, Mississippi) | ||||||||||
| College | Ole Miss | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1958 (5th round, 50th overall pick) | ||||||||||
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In 1962, Brown graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he was associate editor of the Mississippi Law Journal.[3] He then clerked for a year for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark.[4] Brown died on December 25, 2017, in Gautier, Mississippi, at age 81.[5]
