Doug Brown (gridiron football)
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Date of birth | September 29, 1974 |
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Place of birth | Washington Redskins |
2001–2011 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
*Offseason and/or practice roster. | |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL All-Star | 2001, 2002, 2006–2010 |
CFL East All-Star | 2001, 2006–2011 |
CFL West All-Star | 2002 |
Honors | 2001 CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award |
Career stats | |
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Douglas Gordon Brown (born September 29, 1974) is a retired National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL) defensive tackle. He played college football at Simon Fraser University. Brown won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 2001. He played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 2001 until his retirement in 2011, competing in three Grey Cups: 2001, 2007, and 2011. He was a CFL All-Star eight times.
Career
Brown was drafted by the
The 2000 season was a wash, but the end of the season saw his rights traded to Winnipeg from Calgary. He started playing with the Bombers for the
Next season, in 2004, Brown won his third recognition as the Bombers' MOC and also won the award for the Most Outstanding Defensive Player. 2006 was another strong season, and arguably his strongest with the Blue Bombers.
Brown won his fifth CFL All-Star recognition in 2008 and again finished as runner-up for the MODP award. 2009 saw a return to recognition for Brown where he again won Winnipeg's MOC and MODP awards. Despite being one of the oldest players in the CFL, Brown continued to excel during the 2010 season. He finished with his seventh CFL All-Star naming that year.[1]
The 2011 CFL season saw Brown as a member of the self-titled "Swaggerville" defence for Winnipeg, which was one of the top defences in the league at that time. The 2011 season also saw Brown win his eighth East Division all-star nod.[2]
In 2016, he was finally inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Statistics
Regular season | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Tackles | Stt | Sacks | Int | Yards | Long | TD | Fumbles | Yards | Long | TD | |||
2009 | WPG | 50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2010 | WPG | 49 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2011 | WPG | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
CFL totals | 128 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal
Brown credited former Coquitlam Cheetahs track and field coach Percy Perry with developing his running which enabled his progression to pro football.[3]
He currently writes a weekly sports column for the
Brown is also currently a KidSport Winnipeg Sport Ambassador, helping run an annual Football Camp for recipients of KidSport Winnipeg funding.
He doesn’t reside in Winnipeg
References
- ^ a b c "Doug Brown bio". Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Archived from the original on November 25, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ Adam Wazny (November 10, 2011). "Eight Bombers named to East Division All-Star Team". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ^ Coquitlam Now: Coquitlam loses coach, mentor Retrieved on 27 December 2009