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Willie Brown

William Ferdie Brown

Position: DB

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 2, 1940 in Yazoo City, MS

Died: October 22, 2019

College: Grambling St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 109 (74th overall since 1960)

High School: Yazoo Training (MS)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1984 (Full List)

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SUMMARY

Career

G

204

AV

147

Int

54

Yds

472

TD

2

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty	AV
1963	23	DEN	lcb	24	8	6	1	0	0	0							0.0		2
1964*+	24	DEN	LCB	24	14	14	9	140	0	45							0.0	1	10
1965*	25	DEN	LCB	24	14	11	2	18	0	18							1.0		7
1966	26	DEN	LCB	24	14	14	3	37	0	31							0.0		6
1967*	27	OAK	RCB	24	14	12	7	33	1	25			0	2	0	0	0.0		13
1968*+	28	OAK	RCB	24	14	14	2	27	1	27							0.0		14
1969*+	29	OAK	RCB	24	14	14	5	111	0	30							0.0		14
1970*	30	OAK	rcb	24	8	7	3	0	0	0							0.0		7
1971*+	31	OAK	RCB	24	14	14	2	2	0	2							0.0		13
1972*	32	OAK	RCB	24	14	14	4	26	0	13			0	2	0	0	1.0		13
1973*+	33	OAK	RCB	24	14	14	3	-1	0	-1							0.0		20
1974	34	OAK	RCB	24	9	9	1	31	0	31							0.0		4
1975	35	OAK	RCB	24	12	12	4	-1	0	0							0.0		7
1976	36	OAK	RCB	24	14	14	3	25	0	22							0.0		7
1977	37	OAK	RCB	24	14	14	4	24	0	18							0.0		8
1978	38	OAK		24	13	2	1	0	0	0							0.0		2
Career					204	185	54	472	2	45			0	4	0	0	2.0	1	147
12 yrs		OAK			154	140	39	277	2	31			0	4	0	0	1.0		122
4 yrs		DEN			50	45	15	195	0	45							1.0	1	25

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1967*	27	OAK	RCB	2	2	1	2	0	2	0						0.0
1968*+	28	OAK	RCB	2	2	1	0	0	0	0						0.0
1969*+	29	OAK	RCB	2	2	1	15	0	15	0						0.0
1970*	30	OAK	RCB	2	2	1	50	1	50	0						0.0
1972*	32	OAK	RCB	1	1											0.0
1973*+	33	OAK		2	2	2	54	1	54	0						0.0
1975	35	OAK	CB	1	0
1976	36	OAK	RCB	3	3	1	75	1	75	0						0.0
1977	37	OAK	RCB	2	2											0.0
Career				17	9	7	196	3	75	0						0.0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1963	23	DEN	lcb	24	8	6	3	29	0	17	9.7	3	70	0	54	23.3	99
Career					204	185	3	29	0	17	9.7	3	70	0	54	23.3	571
12 yrs		OAK			154	140											277
4 yrs		DEN			50	45	3	29	0	17	9.7	3	70	0	54	23.3	294

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1964*+	24	DEN	LCB	24	14	14															1	2
1967*	27	OAK	RCB	24	14	12						1		1								6
1968*+	28	OAK	RCB	24	14	14						1		1								6
Career					204	185						2		2							1	14
12 yrs		OAK			154	140						2		2								12
4 yrs		DEN			50	45															1	2

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1970*	30	OAK		2	2						1		1								6
1973*+	33	OAK		2	2						1		1								6
1976	36	OAK		3	3						1		1								6
Career				17	9						3		3								18

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