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Roosevelt " Rosey " Brown Jr. (October 20, 1932 – June 9, 2004) was an American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1953 to 1965. He played college football for the Morgan State Bears and was selected by the Giants in the 27th round of the 1953 NFL draft .
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- October 20, 1932
Roosevelt “Rosey” Brown was one of the greatest offensive linemen in New York Giants franchise history. Nobody ever saw Brown’s rise to the Pro Football Hall of Fame coming—his football coach had to coax him to leave his high school band and sign up for the football team instead.
In the 1956 NFL Championship Game, Rosey handled the vaunted Chicago Bears' defenses so well that he awarded Lineman of the Game honors. In 1975, Rosey Brown became only the second player to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the merits of his offensive line play alone.
Rosey Brown was a Hall of Fame professional football tackle who played for 13 seasons from 1953 to 1965.In college, Brown played for the Morgan State Bears.P...
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Roosevelt “Rosey” Brown, standing at 5’9″ and weighing 200 pounds, was a force to be reckoned with on the football field. As a senior co-captain, he played fullback for the Lock Haven University Bald Eagles in the 1980s, a time when the team’s wishbone offense was at its peak. In his junior season, Rosey was […]
Brown, Roosevelt H., Jr. (“Rosey”) (b. 20 October 1932 in Charlottesville, Virginia; d. 9 June 2004 in Columbus, New Jersey), professional football player, coach, scout, and Hall of Fame inductee, viewed as the first and one of the greatest “sleeper picks” in the National Football League draft.
