Former Eagles guard and Hall of Famer Bob Brown passes away at age 81.
Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004, Brown spent the better part of his ten-year career with Philadelphia, where he started and appeared in 64 games between 1964 and 1968.
On August 24, 1966, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, during Eagles training camp, former offensive tackle Bob Brown displays his arm. According to a well-known comment from his coach Joe Kuharich, Brown was the best tackle in the National Football League at the time.See more AP
Bob Brown, a Hall of Fame lineman who spent half of his ten-year career in Philadelphia, passed away on Friday in Oakland, California.
He was eighty-one.
From 1964 to 1968, Brown played with the Eagles and started all 64 games. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004. The 6-foot-4, 280-pound player, who was well-known for his blocking ability, posed a threat to opposition offences. During that period, Brown was a three-time Pro Bowler and an Eagles first-team All-Pro in 1965, 1966, and 1968, the last season he played with the team before going to play for the Los Angeles Rams.
In Los Angeles, Brown participated in two All-Pro seasons before moving on to the Oakland Raiders, where he declared his retirement in 1973.
Hall of Fame coach George Allen of the Rams once observed of large Bob Brown, “At his finest, no one was better than big Bob Brown.” It takes a lot of strength, agility, and self-assurance to perform like Brown does. Such a combination of qualities is rare in guys. Bob Brown is one of them.
Cecelia Brown, Brown’s wife, reported that her husband passed away quietly in the company of friends and family in an Oakland rehabilitation facility. Brown spent the final two months of his life there after suffering a stroke in April. Additionally, Robert Jr., his son, survives him.
According to a statement by Jim Porter, president of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, “Bob Brown displayed multiple personalities on and off the field.” He was the most formidable opponent a defensive lineman or linebacker has ever faced on the field. .. Off the field, however, he had a reserved, kind, and compassionate side that his son, Robert Jr., so eloquently portrayed when he submitted his father for induction into the Hall of Fame in 2004. The Hall offers its condolences and prayers for the loss of CeeCee and Robert Jr.
Brown was born in Cleveland on December 8, 1941. Before progressing to Nebraska to play collegiate football, he attended Cleveland East Tech. The Eagles selected him second overall in the 1964 draft.
