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Eddie Brown (Canadian football)

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Weight
  
86 kg

CFL status
  
International

Name
  
Eddie Brown

Education
  
Iowa State University

Position(s)
  
WR/SB

Role
  
American football player

Cfl all star
  
1996

College
  
Iowa State

Height
  
1.83 m


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Date of birth
  
(1966-08-06) August 6, 1966 (age 49)

Place of birth
  

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"Downtown" Eddie Brown (born August 6, 1966) is a former slotback in the Canadian Football League between 1990 & 2002. Brown played with eight CFL teams, and appeared in two Grey Cup championships with the Edmonton Eskimos, winning the 81st Grey Cup in 1993.

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In 1995, he played for the Memphis Mad Dogs. In 1996, after the demise of the Memphis Mad Dogs, he re-signed with the Edmonton Eskimos. In 1999, he played for the BC Lions.

In total he caught 532 passes for 8663 yards in 160 career CFL games with 63 touchdowns. Eddie had 3 1,000 yard seasons, all with Edmonton, and was a CFL All-Star in 1996 as well as Western All-Star in 1996 and 1999.

His shoestring catch in the snow of the 84th Grey Cup is considered to be one of the most memorable plays in Grey Cup history.

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References

Eddie Brown (Canadian football) Wikipedia