Eddie Brown (safety)

NFLretired
name=Eddie Brown


position=Safety
Kick returner
number=25
birthdate=birth date and age|1952|02|19
Jasper, Tennessee
deathdate=
debutyear=1974
finalyear=1979
draftyear=1974
draftround=8
draftpick=199
college=Tennessee
teams=
* Cleveland Browns (1974-1975)
* Washington Redskins (1975-1977)
* Los Angeles Rams (1978-1979)
stat1label=Interceptions
stat1value=8
stat2label=Kick return yards
stat2value=1,957
stat3label=Touchdowns
stat3value=1
nfl=BRO577116
highlights=
* 2x Pro Bowl selection (1976-77)
* Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame (2002)

Paul Edward Brown (born February 19, 1952 in Jasper, Tennessee) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, and the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football at the University of Tennessee.

Brown attended Marion County High School in Jasper and graduated in 1970. At the University of Tennessee, he was a safety and punt returner. In 1973, he was team captain as a senior and was a first team All-America selection by Football News. [http://utsports.com/football/article.aspx?id=12180]

Brown picked in the eighth round by the Cleveland Browns in the 1974 NFL Draft, Brown played the 1974 season for the Browns. He was traded to the Washington Redskins during the 1975 season.

Brown was an All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection during the 1976 and 1977 seasons with the Redskins. He led the National Football League in punt return yardage with 646 in 1976 and was second in yards per return at 13.5. He also had a 71-yard return for a touchdown that season. In 1977, he led the NFL in punt returns with 57.

Traded to the Los Angeles Rams in 1978, Brown played that season and 1979 for the Rams.

In 1979 the Rams won the National Football Conference championship and played the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XIV on January 20, 1980. Brown had an interception in the third quarter, but Pittsburgh won, 31-19.

Brown returned to pro football in 1983 with the Chicago Blitz of the United States Football League. He had six interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, that season [http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/stat83chi.htm] . He played for the USFL's Arizona Wranglers in 1984 and had two interceptions [http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/stat84az.htm] .

Brown was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. [http://www.tshf.net/inductees/brown.html]