Charlie Brown (defensive back)

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1942)}}

{{for|other people named Charlie Brown|Charlie Brown (disambiguation)}}

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

{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Charlie Brown

| image = Charlie Brown NFL defensive back in 2014.jpg

| caption = Brown in Kalamazoo MI

| position = Defensive back

| number = 22, 23

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|9|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Heflin, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 220

| high_school = Massillon Washington {{avoid wrap|(Massillon, Ohio)}}

| college = Syracuse

| afldraftyear = 1966

| afldraftround = 4

| afldraftpick = 32

| draftyear = 1966

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 28

| pastteams =

• Chicago Bears (1966–1967)
• Buffalo Bills (1968)
• Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1969)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 30

| statlabel2 = Interceptions

| statvalue2 = 1

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| cfl =

| afl =

| highlights =

• First-team All-East (1965)

| HOF =

| CollegeHOF =

}}

Charles Edward Brown (born September 13, 1942) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orange, and in 1968, he played in the American Football League (AFL) for the Buffalo Bills.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrowCh22.htm|title = Charlie Brown Stats| website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }} He finished his career in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1969 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, where he returned an interception for 115 yards and a touchdown, at the time the second longest, and now the fifth longest return in league history.