Leroy Brown (high jumper)
{{short description|American high jumper}}
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Leroy Taylor Brown (January 1, 1902, in New York City – April 21, 1970) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the high jump where he won the silver medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78162 |title=Leroy Brown |work=Olympedia |access-date=29 September 2021}}
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- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/leroy-brown-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/leroy-brown-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Leroy Brown |access-date=February 12, 2010}}
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Category:American male high jumpers
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Stuyvesant High School alumni
Category:Track and field athletes from New York City
Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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