Gordon Brown (guard)

Gordon Brown

Brown in Yale uniform
Yale Bulldogs
Position	Guard
Class	Graduate
Career history
College	Yale (1897–1900)
Personal information
Date of birth	September 6, 1879
Place of birth	New York, New York
Date of death	May 10, 1911 (aged 31)
Place of death	Glen Head, New York
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1897, 1898, 1899, 1900)
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

1. "Yale Football".
2. Kelley, Brooks Mather (1999-01-01). Yale: A History. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300078439.
3. "Yale Finding Aid Database : Guide to the Francis Gordon Brown Papers".
4. "YALE'S FAMOUS CAPTAIN DEAD - Francis Gordon Brown, Football Guard in 1897-1900, Dies of Diabetes. - Obituary - NYTimes.com". 11 May 1911.
5. "Yale Endowments".

External links

• Gordon Brown at the College Football Hall of Fame