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College
  
Education
  
Role
  

Name
  
Hardy Brown

NFL Pro Bowl
  
1952

Positions
  
Hardy Brown on a defensive position and wearing a red football jersey numbered 33 and white and red-striped pants on a poster

Born
  
May 8, 1924Childress, Texas (
1924-05-08
)

NFL Draft
  
1947 / Round 12 / Pick 104(by the New York Giants)

19481949195019501951-195519561960
  
AAFC Brooklyn DodgersAAFC Chicago HornetsNFL Baltimore ColtsNFL Washington RedskinsNFL San Francisco 49ersNFL Chicago CardinalsAFL Denver Broncos

Died
  
November 8, 1991, Stockton, California, United States

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Hardy Brown (May 8, 1924 – November 8, 1991) was an American football Linebacker in the National Football League (NFL), All-America Football Conference (AAFC), and the American Football League (AFL). He played college football at the University of Tulsa and then professionally for the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins, and the Denver Broncos. He was one of only two men who played in the All-America Football Conference, the National Football League, and the American Football League (the other was Ben Agajanian).

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Hardy Brown seriously looking afar and wearing a black shirt and helmet

When Brown was four years old, he witnessed the murder of his father. He was then sent, along with his brothers and sisters, to live at the Texas Masonic Home, an orphanage for the children of deceased Freemasons in Fort Worth, Texas. At the Masonic Home, Brown became friends with Tex Coulter. Brown was a standout football player for the Mighty Mites, leading them to the state semi-finals his senior year. He then enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a Paramarine during the Second World War, before playing football at Tulsa and eventually professionally. Brown became known as one of the roughest defensive players in the game, knocking out numerous opponents with his trademark shoulder push. The Rams once offered a $500 bounty to any player who could take him out, and he had his shoulder pads checked before a game once to make sure he did not have metal plating or other such material stuffed in them. His reputation was such that supposedly, on one occasion, when future Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Waterfield was hit by a car, his first response was, "I didn't know that Hardy Brown was in town."

Hardy Brown on a defensive position and wearing a  football jersey numbered 33 and pants on a poster with his signature

Brown died in 1991 in an mental institution after suffering from dementia, emphysema, and arthritis in his right (knockout) shoulder so bad he couldn't lift his arm to scratch his head.

HARDY BROWN 49ERS


NFL Network

On the show NFL's Top 10, Hardy was marked as #5 on "The Most Feared Tacklers of All Time" segment.

References

Hardy Brown Wikipedia


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