Class Graduate Place of birth New York, New York Height 1.91 m Education Yale University | College Yale (1897–1900) Place of death Glen Head, New York Weight 87 kg Position Guard | |
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Date of birth (1879-09-06)September 6, 1879 Date of death May 10, 1911(1911-05-10) (aged 31) Died 10 May 1911, Glen Head, Town of Oyster Bay, New York, United States | ||
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. In 1900, he captained the Yale football team which was referred to as the "Team of the Century". 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.
After his college career, he entered the banking business, before he died from diabetes at age 31. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. He is the namesake of the Gordon Brown Memorial Prize.
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