:Arthur M. Brown

{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1884–1980)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Arthur M. Brown

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|10|14}}

| birth_place = Troy, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|11|20|1884|10|14}}

| death_place = Sarasota, Florida, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1905–1906

| player_team2 = Williams

| player_positions = Halfback

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1907–1909

| coach_team2 = DePauw

| coach_years3 = 1910–1912

| coach_team3 = Grinnell

| coach_years4 = 1918–1920

| coach_team4 = Middlebury

| coach_years5 = 1945

| coach_team5 = Middlebury

| coach_sport6 = Basketball

| coach_years7 = 1907–1910

| coach_team7 = DePauw

| coach_years8 = 1918–1919

| coach_team8 = Middlebury

| coach_years9 = 1920–1922

| coach_team9 = Middlebury

| coach_years10 = 1942–1943

| coach_team10 = Middlebury

| coach_years11 = 1945–1946

| coach_team11 = Middlebury

| coach_sport12 = Baseball

| coach_years13 = 1944

| coach_team13 = Middlebury

| admin_years1 = 1911–1914

| admin_team1 = Grinnell

| admin_years2 = 1918–1956

| admin_team2 = Middlebury

| overall_record = 34–28–7 (football)
33–64 (basketball)
5–4 (basetall)

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Arthur Milton Brown (October 14, 1884 – November 20, 1980) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the DePauw University from 1907 to 1909, Grinnell College from 1910 to 1912, and Middlebury College from 1918 to 1920 and again in 1945, compiling a career college football coaching record of 34–28–7.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qBGAQAAMAAJ&q=arthur+brown&pg=PA66|title=Grinnell College Bulletin|year=1912|publisher=Grinnell College|access-date=March 9, 2018}} Brown was also the head basketball coach at DePauw from 1907 to 1910 and four stints at Middlebury (1918–1919, 1920–1922, 1942–1942, 1945–1946), tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 33–64. Brown was the athletic director at Middlebury from 1918 until his retirement in 1956. He also coached track and field and cross country at Middlebury.{{cite news |last=Hickey |first=Walt |title=Briefing Sports |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press/128577418/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |date=May 23, 1956 |page=16 |access-date=July 20, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Brown was a graduate of Williams College.{{cite book|title=DePauw Through the Years|author=Manhart, G.B.|date=1962|volume=1|publisher=DePauw University|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bioeAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=March 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11771-122920-69?cc=1861144&wc=MMRW-TKV:1160989948|title=United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Image United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11771-122920-69 — FamilySearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org|accessdate=March 22, 2015}} He died on November 20, 1980, at his home in Sarasota, Florida.{{cite news |author= |title=Middllebury's Brown Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press/128577578/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |date=December 7, 1980 |page=3C |access-date=July 20, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = DePauw

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1907

| endyear = 1909

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1907

| name = DePauw

| overall = 5–2

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1908

| name = DePauw

| overall = 4–3

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1909

| name = DePauw

| overall = 2–4–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = DePauw

| overall = 11–9–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Grinnell Pioneers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1910

| endyear = 1912

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1910

| name = Grinnell

| overall = 6–2

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1911

| name = Grinnell

| overall = 4–4

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1912

| name = Grinnell

| overall = 6–2

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Grinnell

| overall = 16–8

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Middlebury

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1918

| endyear = 1920

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1918

| name = Middlebury

| overall = 0–3–2

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1919

| name = Middlebury

| overall = 3–3–1

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1920

| name = Middlebury

| overall = 3–3–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Middlebury Panthers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1945

| endyear = single

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1945

| name = Middlebury

| overall = 1–2–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Middlebury

| overall = 7–11–6

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 34–28–7

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = no

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{{cite web |author= |title=Middlebury College Football Coaching History |url=https://athletics.middlebury.edu/documents/2024/1/19/fbch_2023.pdf |publisher=Middlebury College |access-date=June 12, 2024 }}