Arnie Brown

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1942–2019)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name =

| image = Arnie Brown.png

| caption = Brown at St. Michael's, c. 1961

| image_size = 190px

| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
New York Rangers
Detroit Red Wings
New York Islanders
Atlanta Flames
Michigan Stags
Baltimore Blades
Vancouver Blazers

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|1|28|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Apsley, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2019|7|26|1942|1|28}}

| death_place = Lake Orion, Michigan, United States

| career_start = 1961

| career_end = 1975

}}

Stewart Arnold Brown{{cite book | last1 = Surgent | first1 = Scott | year = 2013 | title = The Complete World Hockey Association, 9e | location = Tempe, Arizona | page = 223 | isbn = 978-1-490967400 }} (January 28, 1942 – July 26, 2019) was a professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL), who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, New York Islanders, and Atlanta Flames.{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1318015 |title=No overhaul planned: Burke says as Leafs win |date=February 22, 2009 |newspaper=The National Post |access-date=1 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126003/index.htm|title=One of the sorriest NHL teams ever...|date=October 11, 1982|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=1 December 2009|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025174537/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126003/index.htm|url-status=dead}} After one season in the World Hockey Association (WHA), with the Vancouver Blazers, Michigan Stags and Baltimore Blades, Brown retired in 1975.{{cite web|title=People in the Community Councilor Arnie Brown|url=http://www.apsleyvoice.com/archive/July%202006/Page%203.html|website=Aspley Voice|access-date=7 October 2017|date=July 2006|archive-date=June 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617213406/http://www.apsleyvoice.com/archive/July%202006/Page%203.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Arnie Brown|url=http://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12113|website=www.hhof.com|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007220936/http://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12113|url-status=dead}}

In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, the authors ranked Brown at No. 93 all-time of the 901 New York Rangers who had played during the team’s first 82 seasons.{{cite book|url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6860998-100-ranger-greats#bookDetails |title=100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes and Colorful Characters |first1=Russ |last1=Cohen |first2=John |last2=Halligan |first3=Adam |last3=Raider |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn= 978-0470736197 |date=2009 |access-date=February 3, 2020|page=26}}

Brown died on July 26, 2019, at the age of 77.{{cite web |title=Brown, longtime NHL defenseman, dies at 77 |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/longtime-nhl-defenseman-arnie-brown-passes-away/c-308372676 |website=NHL.com |access-date=28 July 2019 |date=27 July 2019}}