Bob Brown (Canadian football)

{{Short description|Canadian football player (1943–2022)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox CFL player

|name=Bob Brown

|image=

|caption=

|birth_date={{birth date|1943|03|27}}

|birth_place=

|death_date= {{Death date and age|2022|06|27|1943|03|27}}

|death_place=

|import=

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=2

|Weight_lbs=250

|college=Miami (FL)

|position1=Tackle

|position2=Defensive end

|career_highlights=

• Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1968}})

|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1965}}–{{CFL Year|1968}}

|playing_team1=Ottawa Rough Riders

|playing_years2=1968–{{CFL Year|1970}}

|playing_team2=BC Lions

}}

Robert J. Brown (March 27, 1943 – June 27, 2022){{cite web|title=Obituary For Robert J. Brown|publisher= John F. Slater Funeral Home|url=https://johnfslater.com/obituaries/robert-j-brown/|access-date=June 18, 2023}} was an American professional football player for the Ottawa Rough Riders and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won the Grey Cup in 1968 with Ottawa.{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=brownbob003| title = Bob Brown football statistics on StatsCrew.com}}

Brown attended Brentwood High School in Brentwood, Pennsylvania.{{cite news|first=Dennis|last=O'Neil|title=Area Gridder Makes Good as Pro in Canada|date=December 25, 1967|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|page=80|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette/126636631/|access-date=June 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}} He played college football at the University of Miami, where he was a letter winner with the Hurricanes in 1963–64.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205549605 |title=Hurricanes Football: All-Time Letterwinners - University of Miami Hurricanes Official Athletic Site |access-date=2014-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026063508/http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205549605 |archive-date=2014-10-26 |url-status=dead }}

After his playing career, Brown was a physical education teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died on June 27, 2022, at age 79.{{cite web|title=Our coldolences to...|date=September 18, 2022|publisher=CFL Ottawa Alumni Association|url=https://m.facebook.com/CFLOttawaAlumniAssociation/posts/3231527847085395/|access-date=June 18, 2023}}{{cite web|title=Robert J. Brown|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|url=https://obituaries.post-gazette.com/obituary/robert-j-brown-1085576911|access-date=June 18, 2023}}