William Dorsey Brown
Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 228 lbs.
Born: June 29, 1938 in Mendota, IL
College: Illinois (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 2nd round (20th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the New York Titans in the 6th round (45th overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 72 (581st overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #813. Herman Edwards… #814. Earl Faison… #815. Eric Davis… #816. BILL BROWN… #817. Mike Bass… #818. Gary Green… #819. Dave Hanner… |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1961 | 23 | CHI | 38 | 14 | 22 | 81 | 0 | 20 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 87 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1962 | 24 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 34 | 103 | 0 | 15 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 1 | 29 | 0.7 | 8.9 | 227 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1963 | 25 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 13 | 128 | 445 | 5 | 21 | 3.5 | 31.8 | 9.1 | 17 | 109 | 6.4 | 2 | 30 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 554 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 1964* | 26 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 226 | 866 | 7 | 48 | 3.8 | 61.9 | 16.1 | 48 | 703 | 14.6 | 9 | 64 | 3.4 | 50.2 | 1569 | 16 | 9 | 16 |
| 1965* | 27 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 12 | 160 | 699 | 6 | 40 | 4.4 | 49.9 | 11.4 | 41 | 503 | 12.3 | 1 | 47 | 2.9 | 35.9 | 1202 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| 1966 | 28 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 251 | 829 | 6 | 33 | 3.3 | 59.2 | 17.9 | 37 | 359 | 9.7 | 0 | 56 | 2.6 | 25.6 | 1188 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 1967* | 29 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 185 | 610 | 5 | 29 | 3.3 | 43.6 | 13.2 | 22 | 263 | 12.0 | 0 | 43 | 1.6 | 18.8 | 873 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 1968* | 30 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 222 | 805 | 11 | 32 | 3.6 | 57.5 | 15.9 | 31 | 329 | 10.6 | 3 | 57 | 2.2 | 23.5 | 1134 | 14 | 6 | 12 |
| 1969 | 31 | MIN | FB | 30 | 12 | 12 | 126 | 430 | 3 | 30 | 3.4 | 35.8 | 10.5 | 21 | 183 | 8.7 | 0 | 27 | 1.8 | 15.3 | 613 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 1970 | 32 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 12 | 101 | 324 | 0 | 18 | 3.2 | 23.1 | 7.2 | 15 | 149 | 9.9 | 2 | 17 | 1.1 | 10.6 | 473 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1971 | 33 | MIN | fb | 30 | 14 | 8 | 46 | 136 | 2 | 23 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 0 | 36 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 230 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972 | 34 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 0 | 82 | 263 | 4 | 19 | 3.2 | 18.8 | 5.9 | 22 | 298 | 13.5 | 4 | 76 | 1.6 | 21.3 | 561 | 8 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1973 | 35 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 47 | 206 | 3 | 21 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 3.4 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 1 | 7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 228 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1974 | 36 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 21 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Career | 194 | 113 | 1649 | 5838 | 52 | 48 | 3.5 | 30.1 | 8.5 | 286 | 3183 | 11.1 | 23 | 76 | 1.5 | 16.4 | 9021 | 75 | 56 | 89 | ||||
| 13 yrs | MIN | 180 | 113 | 1627 | 5757 | 52 | 48 | 3.5 | 32.0 | 9.0 | 284 | 3177 | 11.2 | 23 | 76 | 1.6 | 17.7 | 8934 | 75 | 54 | 88 | |||
| 1 yr | CHI | 14 | 0 | 22 | 81 | 0 | 20 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 87 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1961 | 23 | CHI | 38 | 14 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 19 | 13.5 | 141 | |||||||
| 1963 | 25 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 105 | 1 | 78 | 35.0 | 659 | |||||
| 1964* | 26 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 23 | 13.6 | 1637 | |||||
| 1972 | 34 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 27 | 12.3 | 598 | ||||||
| 1973 | 35 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 11.7 | 263 | |||||||
| 1974 | 36 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 | 101 | |||||||
| Career | 194 | 113 | 21 | 318 | 1 | 78 | 15.1 | 9339 | |||||||||
| 13 yrs | MIN | 180 | 113 | 17 | 264 | 1 | 78 | 15.5 | 9198 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | CHI | 14 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 19 | 13.5 | 141 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1961 | 23 | CHI | 38 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1962 | 24 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1963 | 25 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1964* | 26 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1965* | 27 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 28 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1967* | 29 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1968* | 30 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1969 | 31 | MIN | FB | 30 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 32 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 34 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1973 | 35 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1974 | 36 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 194 | 113 | 0 | 56 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 13 yrs | MIN | 180 | 113 | 0 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | CHI | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1962 | 24 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | 25 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1964* | 26 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 96 | |||||||||
| 1965* | 27 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 28 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1967* | 29 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1968* | 30 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 84 | |||||||||
| 1969 | 31 | MIN | FB | 30 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 32 | MIN | FB | 30 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1971 | 33 | MIN | fb | 30 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1972 | 34 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 1973 | 35 | MIN | 30 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Career | 194 | 113 | 52 | 23 | 1 | 76 | 456 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1964 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1965 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1968 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1968 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1968 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1968 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1968 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1968 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |