Gordon Brown
American football player
1879 – 1911
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Who was Gordon Brown?
Francis Gordon "Skim" Brown was an American football player. He played football for Yale between 1897–1900. In 1900, he captained the Yale football team which was referred to as the "Team of the Century". He was also an academic leader of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
After his college career, he entered the banking business, before he died from diabetes at age 31. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
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- Born
- Sep 9, 1879
New York City - Education
- Yale University
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- May 10, 1911
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on July 23, 2013
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