R. M. Brown

R. M. Brown
	Brown pictured in Bugle 1909, VPI yearbook
Biographical details
Born	August 2, 1885; Elizabeth, New Jersey
Died	March 31, 1927 (aged 41); Elizabeth, New Jersey
Playing career
Football
1907	Princeton
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908	VPI
1909	Colgate
Basketball
1908–1909	VPI
Baseball
1909	VPI
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1908	VPI
Head coaching record
Overall	10–6–1 (football); 4–2 (basketball); 11–6 (baseball)

Ralph Manning "Gus" Brown (August 2, 1885 – March 31, 1927) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech— in 1908, and at Colgate University in 1909, compiling career college football coaching record of 10–6–1. Brown also coached the basketball team at Virginia Tech in 1908–09 and the baseball team there in the spring of 1909.

On March 31, 1927, Brown died in hospital after he was struck by an automobile while walking near his home.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
VPI (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908)
1908	VPI	5–4	1–2	T–5th
VPI:		5–4	1–2
Colgate (Independent) (1909)
1909	Colgate	5–2–1
Colgate:		5–2–1
Total:		10–6–1

References

^ Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 27, Number 27, page 822 (April 22, 1927)

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[1] Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 27, Number 27, page 822 (April 22, 1927)

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