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John Brown

Brown, John Edward (The Body)
Position: C
Height: 6-4 Weight: 230
Born: April 9, 1922 Belen, MS
Died: June 1, 2009 Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Theodore Roosevelt (Gary, IN)

Year	College	Status
1940	North Carolina Central	Lettered
1941	North Carolina Central
1942	North Carolina Central	Lettered
1946	North Carolina Central	Lettered

Military Service: United States Army

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1947 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1947 LA AAFC	29	C-LB	14	3
1948 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1948 LA AAFC	29	LB-C?	14	0
1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC	29	LB-C	12	3
1950 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1950 WPG WIFU	60	C	13
1952 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1952 WPG WIFU	41	C	5
1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1953 WPG WIFU	41	C	3
1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1954 WPG WIFU	41	C	2
1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1954 BC WIFU	43	C	13
1954 Year (WIFU)1954 Year WIFU			15
3 Years (NFL)3 Years NFL			40	6
4 Years (CFL)4 Years CFL			36

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed	4/10/1947	1947 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1947 LA AAFC
Allocation Draft	6/2/1950	1950 San Francisco 49ers (NFL)1950 SF NFL
Signed		1950 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1950 WPG WIFU
Injured List		1951 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1951 WPG WIFU
Released	10/1/1951	1951 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1951 WPG WIFU
Released	10/1/1952	1952 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1952 WPG WIFU
Signed		1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1953 WPG WIFU
Released	10/1/1953	1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1953 WPG WIFU
Signed		1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1954 WPG WIFU
Released	8/24/1954	1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1954 WPG WIFU
Signed		1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1954 BC WIFU
Free Agent		1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1954 BC WIFU

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1950 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1950 WPG WIFU	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	5
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1	0	0					0	0		0	0	5

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1953 WPG WIFU		0		7		7L	0		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		0		7		7	0		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1947 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1947 LA AAFC	1	4	4.0	4	0
1948 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1948 LA AAFC	1	1	1.0	1	0
1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC	3	46	15.3		0
1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1953 WPG WIFU	1	0	0.0	0	0
1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1954 BC WIFU	2	12	6.0	6	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	51	10.2	4	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	3	12	4.0	6	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1954 BC WIFU	1	-	33	33.0	33	0	1	0
1954 Year (WIFU)1954 Year WIFU	1	-	33	33.0	33	0	1	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1		33	33.0	33	0	1	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC							2
1950 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1950 WPG WIFU							1
1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)1953 WPG WIFU				1	1	0	0
1954 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1954 BC WIFU				1	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL							2
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL				2	2	0	1

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