Enoch Brown (American football)

Enoch Brown

Brown c. 1912
Vanderbilt Commodores
Position End
Career history
College Vanderbilt (19111913)
High school Battle Ground Academy
Personal information
Date of birth (1892-05-19)May 19, 1892
Place of birth Franklin, Tennessee
Date of death 1962
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Enoch "Nuck" Brown, Jr. (May 19, 1892 1962) was an All-Southern[1] college football end for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.

Early years

Enoch Brown, Jr. was born on May 19, 1892 in Franklin, Tennessee to Enoch Brown, Sr. and Lucinda Allen. His older brother Innis Brown was captain of the 1905 Vanderbilt Commodores football team and a long time official. Enoch, Jr. attended preparatory school at Battle Ground Academy.[2]

Vanderbilt

Brown also was a catcher on the Vanderbilt baseball team and a member of the basketball team. Nuck was captain of the 1913 Vanderbilt Commodores football team.[3][4][5] He was also a Rhodes Scholar.[6] At Vanderbilt he was a member of Delta Tau Delta.[2]

Bachelor of Ugliness

One of the highest honors that a student could achieve was the "Bachelor of Ugliness," a title given to the male undergraduate student believed to be most representative of ideal young manhood an the class's most popular member, devised by Professor William H. Dodd in 1885. In 1914, that honor was given to Brown.

Coaching career

High school

Nuck Brown later coach at Montgomery Bell Academy.[7]

Vanderbilt

Brown assisted his alma mater in 1920.

References

  1. "Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team". Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1913.
  2. 1 2 "Brown to Lead Vanderbilt". Boston Evening Transcript. December 5, 1912.
  3. "Athletic Miscellany". Vanderbilt University Quarterly 13: 55.
  4. Bill Traughber (November 25, 2014). "1913 Rewind: Commodores rally to stay undefeated against Vols".
  5. ""Nuck" Brown to Lead". The Washington Times. December 9, 1912. p. 12. Retrieved March 3, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Henry Jay Case. "VanderbiltA University of the New South". Outing 64: 327.
  7. "M. B. A. Wipes Out Hopkinsville Defeat". The Tennessean. September 26, 1915. p. 48. Retrieved September 27, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
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