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Larry Brown

Lawrence Brown Jr.

Position: RB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: September 19, 1947 in Clairton, PA
College: Kansas State

Career AV: 78 (389th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 8th round (191st overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1969* 22 WAS HB 43 14 0 202 888 4 57 4.4 63.4 14.4 34 302 8.9 0 31 2.4 21.6 1190 4 6 9
1970*+ 23 WAS RB 43 13 13 237 1125 5 75 4.7 86.5 18.2 37 341 9.2 2 66 2.8 26.2 1466 7 6 19
1971* 24 WAS RB 43 13 13 253 948 4 34 3.7 72.9 19.5 16 176 11.0 2 36 1.2 13.5 1124 6 6 10
1972*+ 25 WAS RB 43 12 12 285 1216 8 38 4.3 101.3 23.8 32 473 14.8 4 89 2.7 39.4 1689 12 9 20
1973 26 WAS RB 43 14 14 273 860 8 27 3.2 61.4 19.5 40 482 12.1 6 64 2.9 34.4 1342 14 7 13
1974 27 WAS RB 43 11 11 163 430 3 16 2.6 39.1 14.8 37 388 10.5 4 34 3.4 35.3 818 7 2 10
1975 28 WAS rb 43 14 8 97 352 3 43 3.6 25.1 6.9 25 225 9.0 2 39 1.8 16.1 577 5 2 5
1976 29 WAS 43 11 0 20 56 0 11 2.8 5.1 1.8 17 98 5.8 0 15 1.5 8.9 154 0 2 2
Career 102 71 1530 5875 35 75 3.8 57.6 15.0 238 2485 10.4 20 89 2.3 24.4 8360 55 40 88

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1969* 22 WAS HB 43 14 0 6 2 0 0
1970*+ 23 WAS RB 43 13 13 6 1 0 0
1971* 24 WAS RB 43 13 13 6 0 0 0
1972*+ 25 WAS RB 43 12 12 9 3 0 0
1973 26 WAS RB 43 14 14 7 2 0 0
1974 27 WAS RB 43 11 11 2 0 0 0
1975 28 WAS rb 43 14 8 2 0 0 0
1976 29 WAS 43 11 0 2 0 0 0
Career 102 71 40 8 0 0

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1974 27 WAS RB 43 11 11 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 1.5 118.7 0 0 16.0 16.0 0.0
Career 102 71 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 0.2 118.7 0 0 16.0 16.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1969* 22 WAS HB 43 14 0 4 4 24
1970*+ 23 WAS RB 43 13 13 5 2 7 42
1971* 24 WAS RB 43 13 13 4 2 6 36
1972*+ 25 WAS RB 43 12 12 8 4 12 72
1973 26 WAS RB 43 14 14 8 6 14 84
1974 27 WAS RB 43 11 11 3 4 7 42
1975 28 WAS rb 43 14 8 3 2 5 30
Career 102 71 35 20 55 330

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1972 NFL AP MVP
1972 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1972 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1972 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1969
1970
1971
1972

First-Team All-Pro

1970
1972

Rushing Att

1969 NFL 202 (4)
1970 NFL 237 (2)
1971 NFL 253 (2)
1972 NFL 285 (3)
1973 NFL 273 (2)
Career 1530 (64)

Rushing Yds

1969 NFL 888 (4)
1970 NFL 1125 (1)
1971 NFL 948 (6)
1972 NFL 1216 (2)
Career 5875 (75)

Rushing TD

1972 NFL 8 (7)
1973 NFL 8 (6)
Career 35 (134)

Long Rush

1969 NFL 57 (5)
1970 NFL 75 (5)

Yds/Rushing Att

1969 NFL 4.4 (6)
1970 NFL 4.7 (3)

Rushing Yds/Game

1969 NFL 63.4 (5)
1970 NFL 86.5 (1)
1971 NFL 72.9 (5)
1972 NFL 101.3 (1/65)
Career 57.6 (80)

Long Reception

1972 NFL 89 (3/99)

Touchdowns

1972 NFL 12 (4)
1973 NFL 14 (1)
Career 55 (163)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1972 NFL 12 (4)
1973 NFL 14 (1)
Career 55 (157)

Yds From Scrimmage

1969 NFL 1190 (2)
1970 NFL 1466 (2)
1971 NFL 1124 (8)
1972 NFL 1689 (1)
1973 NFL 1342 (6)
Career 8360 (142)

All-Purpose Yds

1969 NFL 1190 (9)
1970 NFL 1466 (3)
1972 NFL 1689 (2)

Touches

1969 NFL 236 (3)
1970 NFL 274 (2)
1971 NFL 269 (4)
1972 NFL 317 (3)
1973 NFL 313 (2)
Career 1768 (68)

Fumbles

1969 NFL 6 (10)
1970 NFL 6 (7)
1972 NFL 9 (3)
Career 40 (180)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1970Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1971Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1972Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 23 13 RB 189 96 3 11
1971 24 13 RB 148 32 11 40
1972 25 12 RB 241 130 2 2
1973 26 14 RB 218 107 2 7
1974 27 11 RB 124 23 16 41
1975 28 14 RB 88 45
1976 29 11 RB 15 122
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