Tom Brown (tackle)
| Toledo Maroons | |
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| Date of birth | July 2, 1890 |
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| Place of birth | Gallatin, Tennessee |
| Date of death | August 3, 1972 (aged 82) |
| Place of death | Sylvania, Ohio |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1910-13 | Vanderbilt (football & basketball) |
| 1915-17 | Toledo Maroons |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Thomas Hartwell "Tom" Brown, Jr. (July 2, 1890 – August 3, 1972) was a college football and basketball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. Brown was also a medical doctor.
Early years
Tom Brown was born on July 2, 1890 in Gallatin, Tennessee to Thomas Hartwell Brown, Sr. and Annie Donelson Hunt.
Vanderbilt
Brown graduated from Vanderbilt University with an M. D in 1913. In his senior year he was awarded the title of 'Bachelor of Ugliness,' given to the most liked fellow on campus.[1] Tom Brown was a prominent tackle on Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams,[2] selected All-Southern.[3] As a freshman he took part in the scoreless tie of defending national champion Yale.[1]
Bachelor of Ugliness
One of the highest honors that a student could achieve was the "Bachelor of Ugliness", a title given to the male undergraduate student believed to be most representative of ideal young manhood and the class's most popular member. It was devised by Professor William H. Dodd in 1885. In 1915, that honor was given to Brown.
Toledo
Pro football
In World War I he served in the Army Medical Corps as a lieutenant. While interning at St Vincent's Hospital in Toledo, he played with the Toledo Maroons.[1] While with them, according to author Emil Klosinski, he played a part in the worst loss ever suffered by legendary coach Knute Rockne, a 40 to 0 win in 1917 over the "South Bend Jolly Fellows Club."[4]
Physician
Brown was an avid member of the Rotary Club for more than 38 years.[5] "He had no peers in his orthopedic ability and contributed greatly to Toledo medicine."[5] He was a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and President of the Lucas County Academy of Medicine.[5]
References
- ^ a b c William E. Wright (December 27, 1966). Citation delivered at the Fifth Annual Scholar Athlete Awards Dinner.
- ^ "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 320–331. 1914.
- ^ "Consolidated All-Southern Chosen by Ten Scribes; Eleven Like Innis Brown's". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1912. p. 10.
- ^ Emil Klosinski. Pro Football in the Days of Rockne. p. 135.
- ^ a b c "In Memoriam, Dr. Thomas H. Brown". The Toledo Rotary Spoke. September 15, 1972.