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American football player (born 1961)
American football player
Ronald James Brown (born March 31, 1961) is an American former
athlete and professional
football player. He won a gold medal in the
4 × 100 metres relay at the
1984 Summer Olympics .
[2] Brown played as a
wide receiver in the
National Football League (NFL). He went to
Arizona State University .
[3]
High school career
Brown played
high school football at powerhouse
Baldwin Park High School in
Baldwin Park, California until his senior year. He then moved to Northern California and played for
Northgate High School in
Walnut Creek .[
citation needed ]
Track and field
Brown was also a track star, he ran the second leg in the
4 × 100 metres relay team that won the gold medal and set the world record in the
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with a time of 37.83 seconds.
Brown also competed in the
60 meters ,
100 meters and
200 meters , posting personal bests of 6.64 seconds, 10.01 seconds and 20.44 seconds, respectively.
After the Olympics, Brown joined the
Los Angeles Rams . He caught 23 passes in 1984 for 478 yards with four touchdowns as a rookie in 1984 before being tasked to return kicks the following year. In 1985, he returned 28 kicks for 918 yards for three touchdowns (his touchdowns and 32.8 yards per return were league highs). This resulted in Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors. Only his 1989 year would exceed that season, with him returning 47 (a league high) for 968 yards. In his eight seasons, he recorded 1,000 all-purpose yards (receiving + returns) four times (1985-87, 1989) before his career ended in 1990 at the age of 30.
Brown appeared in the
1986 Rams promotional video, Let's Ram It ,
[4] where he went by the name "Speedball Brown" and claimed to be the fastest man in town.
[5]
Personal bests
Event
Time (seconds)
Venue
Date
60 meters
6.64
Tokyo, Japan
March 10, 1984
100 meters
10.01
Eugene, Oregon
April 24, 1983
200 meters
20.44
Eugene, Oregon
June 4, 1983
References
^
"1983 Cleveland Browns" . databaseFootball.com . Archived from
the original on February 25, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
^
"A year ago, Ron Brown turned down a multi-million..."
UPI . August 17, 1984.
^ Metcalfe, Jeff (July 30, 2014).
"ASU's Ron Brown preferred track to football, leading to 1984 Olympic gold" . Azcentral Sports .
^
"Rams" .
Los Angeles Times . November 13, 1986. p. 129. Retrieved April 18, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^
"Ram IT (NFL Rams Football Team) Song" . Retrieved April 17, 2018 – via
YouTube . [
dead YouTube link ]
External links
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