Enoch Brown (American football)

Enoch "Nuck" Brown, Jr. (May 19, 1892 1962) was an All-Southern[1] college football end for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.

Enoch Brown
Brown c. 1912
Vanderbilt Commodores
PositionEnd
Career history
CollegeVanderbilt (19111913)
High schoolBattle Ground Academy
Personal information
Born:(1892-05-19)May 19, 1892
Franklin, Tennessee
Died:1962 (aged 6970)
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early years

Enoch Brown, Jr. was born on May 19, 1892 in Franklin, Tennessee to Enoch Brown, Sr. and Lucinda Allen. His older brother Innis Brown was captain of the 1905 Vanderbilt Commodores football team and a long time official. Enoch, Jr. attended preparatory school at Battle Ground Academy.[2]

Vanderbilt

Brown also was a catcher on the Vanderbilt baseball team and a member of the basketball team. Nuck was captain of the 1913 Vanderbilt Commodores football team.[3][4][5] He was also a Rhodes Scholar.[6] At Vanderbilt he was a member of Delta Tau Delta.[2]

Brown won the Bachelor of Ugliness for the class of 1914.

Coaching career

High school

Nuck Brown later coached at Montgomery Bell Academy.[7]

Vanderbilt

Brown assisted his alma mater in 1920.

References

  1. "Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team". Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1913.
  2. "Brown to Lead Vanderbilt". Boston Evening Transcript. December 5, 1912.
  3. "Athletic Miscellany". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 13: 55.
  4. Bill Traughber (November 25, 2014). "1913 Rewind: Commodores rally to stay undefeated against Vols".
  5. ""Nuck" Brown to Lead". The Washington Times. December 9, 1912. p. 12. Retrieved March 3, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Henry Jay Case. "VanderbiltA University of the New South". Outing. 64: 327.
  7. "M. B. A. Wipes Out Hopkinsville Defeat". The Tennessean. September 26, 1915. p. 48. Retrieved September 27, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
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