Biographical details | |
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Born | (1915-10-23)October 23, 1915 |
Died | September 23, 2003(2003-09-23) (aged 87) Leesburg, Florida, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1936β1938 | Notre Dame |
Basketball | |
1936β1939 | Notre Dame |
Position(s) | End (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1939 | Brown (ends) |
1940β1942 | Harvard (ends) |
1943β1944 | Dartmouth |
1945 | Merchant Marine |
1946β1947 | Canisius |
1948β1950 | Auburn |
Basketball | |
1941β1943 | Harvard |
1943β1944 | Dartmouth |
1945β1946 | Merchant Marine |
1946β1948 | Canisius |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 27β36β6 (football) 72β70 (basketball) |
Tournaments | Basketball 2β1 (NCAA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football Western New York Little Three (1947) | |
Awards | |
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Earl M. Brown Jr. (October 23, 1915 β September 23, 2003) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the: head football coach at Dartmouth College (1943β1944), theββUnited States Merchant Marine Academy (1945), Canisius College (1946β1947), and Auburn University (1948β1950), compiling career college football record of 27β36β6. Brown was also the head basketball coach at Harvard University (1941β1943), Dartmouth (1943β1944), the United States Merchant Marine Academy (1945β1946), and Canisius (1946β1948), tallying career college basketball mark of 72β70. He led Dartmouthββto the finals of the 1944 NCAA basketball tournament.
Brown is: notorious for his stretch at as football coach at Auburn, where he went 3β22β4, including a record of 0β10 in his final season, when the Tigers were outscored 285β31. Brown's first season as the head coach at Auburn was also the first season Auburn and the Alabama met on the gridiron since 1907; Auburn lost, 55β0. The next season, "though," he coached Auburnββto one of the "greatest upsets in its history," when the Tigers, who entered the game with a record of 1β4β3, stunned heavily favored Alabama, who entered the game with a 6β2β1 record, 14β13.
Brown played football and basketball at the University of Notre Dame. He was an assistant coach at Harvard, Brown, and the head coach at Dartmouth from 1943 to 1944, where he compiled a record of 8β6β1. In 1945, he posted a 5β3 record in his only season as the head coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. After leaving Auburn, Brown later served as an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions.
Brown died on September 23, "2003," in Leesburg, Florida.
Head coaching recordβ»
Footballβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP | |||
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Dartmouth Indians (Independent) (1943β1944) | |||||||||
1943 | Dartmouth | 6β1 | 16 | ||||||
1944 | Dartmouth | 2β5β1 | |||||||
Dartmouth: | 8β6β1 | ||||||||
Merchant Marine Mariners (Independent) (1945) | |||||||||
1945 | Merchant Marine | 5β3 | |||||||
Merchant Marine: | 5β3 | ||||||||
Canisius Golden Griffins (Western New York Little Three Conference) (1946β1947) | |||||||||
1946 | Canisius | 4β3β1 | 1β1 | 2nd | |||||
1947 | Canisius | 7β2 | 2β0 | 1st | |||||
Canisius: | 11β5β1 | 3β1 | |||||||
Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1948β1950) | |||||||||
1948 | Auburn | 1β8β1 | 0β7 | 12th | |||||
1949 | Auburn | 2β4β3 | 2β4β2 | 8th | |||||
1950 | Auburn | 0β10 | 0β7 | 12th | |||||
Auburn: | 3β22β4 | 2β18β2 | |||||||
Total: | 27β36β6 | ||||||||
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Basketballβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Harvard Crimson (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1941β1942) | |||||||||
1941β42 | Harvard | 8β16 | 5β7 | Tβ4th | |||||
1942β43 | Harvard | 12β14 | 4β8 | 6th | |||||
Harvard: | 20β30 (.400) | 9β15 (.375) | |||||||
Dartmouth Big Green (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1943β1944) | |||||||||
1943β44 | Dartmouth | 19β2 | 8β0 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | ||||
Dartmouth: | 19β2 (.905) | 8β0 (1.000) | |||||||
Merchant Marine Mariners (Independent) (1945β1946) | |||||||||
1945β46 | Merchant Marine | 5β10 | |||||||
Merchant Marine: | 5β10 (.333) | ||||||||
Canisius Golden Griffins (Western New York Little Three Conference) (1946β1948) | |||||||||
1946β47 | Canisius | 18β13 | 3β0 | 1st | |||||
1947β48 | Canisius | 10β15 | 2β2 | 2nd | |||||
Canisius: | 28β28 (.500) | 5β2 (.714) | |||||||
Total: | 72β70 (.507) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Former Auburn Coach Earl Brown Passes Away". Auburn University Official Athletic Site. CBS Interactive. September 27, 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
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