Tom Brown (guard)

Tom Brown
Career information
No. 69
Date of birth	(1936-12-05) December 5, 1936
Place of birth	Albert Lea, Minnesota
CFL status	National
Position(s)	DL/LB
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	251 lb (114 kg)
College	Minnesota
AFL draft	1961 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Drafted by	New York Titans
NFL draft	1959 / Round: 9 / Pick: 108
Drafted by	Baltimore Colts
Career history
As player
1961–1967	BC Lions
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1962, 1963, 1964
CFL West All-Star	1962, 1963, 1964
Awards	1960 NCAA championship 1960 Outland Trophy 1960 UPI Lineman of the Year 1963 Most Outstanding Lineman 1964 Most Outstanding Lineman 1964 Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1984 College Football Hall of Fame

Tom Brown (born December 5, 1936) is a former professional Canadian football player, and a former outstanding American college football player. He played collegiately at the University of Minnesota,^[1] and won the Outland Trophy in 1960 as the nation's best lineman.^[2] He played professional football with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, and was made a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1984.^[3] Brown was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame^[4] in 2003.

Notes

↑ Mike Ricci (September 15, 2010). "1960 National Champions: Tom Brown". Minnesota Football. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
↑ Outland Trophy Winners.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
↑ Canadian Football Hall of Fame.Retrieved December 29, 2010.
↑ Another Golden Gopher Tunnels Into CFHOF with Tom Brown’s Enshrinement.Retrieved December 29, 2010.

1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football—AP & UPI national champions

Bobby Bell Tom Brown John Campbell Tom Hall Sandy Stephens Head coach: Murray Warmath

1960 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Backfield	QB Jake Gibbs HB Joe Bellino HB Ernie Davis FB Bob Ferguson

Line	E Mike Ditka E Dan LaRose T Bob Lilly T Ken Rice G Tom Brown G Joe Romig C E. J. Holub

New York Titans 1961 AFL draft selections

Tom Brown Herb Adderley Tom Matte Bill Brown Fred Mautino Harold Beaty Bernie Casey Joe Scibelli Art Gilmore Norris Stevenson Joe Wendryhoski Jim Cunningham Irv Cross Jerry Steffens Mike Pyle Alfred Bently Jim Kerr Neil Plumley Bob Brooks Wayne Fontes Mickey Walker Howard Dyer Andy Griffith Bobby Smith Moses Gray Fred Cox Bill Minnerly

Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Lineman Award

1955: Coulter 1956: Vaughan 1957: Vaughan 1958: Luzzi 1959: Nelson 1960: Gray 1961: Rigney 1962: Barrow 1963: Brown 1964: Brown 1965: Harris 1966: Harris 1967: McQuarters 1968: Lehmann 1969: LaGrone 1970: Harris 1971: Harris 1972: Helton 1973: Nettles

Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy - MVP in the WIFU or CFL Western Conference (prior to 1973)

Before re-purposing in 1973 the trophy was awarded to the player in the WIRU or CFL Western Division considered to be the most valuable to his team

Players

Builders

Football Reporters of Canada wing

Reporters

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