![]() Brown in 2007 | |||||||||||
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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||
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Born: | Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S. | December 2, 1940||||||||||
Died: | October 21, 2019 Tracy, California, U.S. | (aged 78)||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Taylor (Yazoo City, Mississippi) | ||||||||||
College: | Grambling (1959–1962) | ||||||||||
AFL draft: | 1963 / Round: Undrafted | ||||||||||
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Career: | College: 2–9 (.182) | ||||||||||
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William Ferdie Brown (December 2, 1940 – October 21, 2019)[1] was an American professional football player, coach and administrator. He played as a cornerback for the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) and later in the National Football League (NFL). Following his playing career, Brown remained with the Raiders as an assistant coach. He served as the head football coach at California State University, Long Beach in 1991, the final season before the school's football program was terminated. Brown was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1984. At the time of his death he was on the Raiders' administrative staff.[2]