Jerome Brown

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Jerome Brown
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Date of birth	February 4, 1965
Place of birth	Brooksville, Florida
Date of death	June 25, 1992 (age 27)
Place of death	Brooksville, FL
Position(s)	Defensive Tackle
College	University of Miami
NFL Draft	1987 / Round 1/ Pick 9
Career Highlights
Pro Bowls	1990, 1991
Retired #s	Philadelphia Eagles #99
Stats
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1987-1991	Philadelphia Eagles

Jerome Brown (February 4, 1965 - June 25, 1992) was a former American football player who played defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.

Brown was a key player on one of the NFL's top defenses before his life was cut short in a fatal 1992 car accident. His son, Dee Brown, is now an outfielder in the farm system of the Washington Nationals.^[1]

Contents 1 University of Miami career 2 Philadelphia Eagles 3 4 Notes 5 External link

University of Miami career

Brown played college football at the University of Miami, where he was a standout player. He graduated from the university in 1987.

Among his more notable moments as a University of Miami player, five days before the 1987 Fiesta Bowl, at a promotional dinner with the Penn State team, Brown led a walkout by the Miami players. Leading the walkout, he asked: "Did the Japanese go sit down and have dinner with Pearl Harbor before they bombed them?" Penn State won 14-10.

Philadelphia Eagles

Brown was a first-round draft pick by the Philadelphia Eagles. During his five-year professional career with the Eagles, he was twice selected to the Pro Bowl (in 1990 and 1991).

Brown died on June 25, 1992, at the age of 27, following an automobile accident in Florida, in which both he and his nephew were killed when Brown lost control of his Chevrolet Corvette at high speed. Brown was buried in Brooksville, Florida.

Brown's jersey number (#99) was retired by the Eagles on September 6, 1992, in an emotional pre-game ceremony at Veterans Stadium, prior to the Eagles' first game of the 1992 season. After his death, many Eagles players and fans started a new un-official motto, "Bring it home for Jerome!". Of course, the word 'it' refers to a Super Bowl victory.

Notes

1. ^ Ladson, Bill. "Minors notes: Brown progressing", MLB.com, March 19, 2006. Retrieved on March 18, 2006.

External link

• Jerome Brown Community Center, Brooksville, Florida.

Eagles Honor Roll inductees.

1987: Chuck Bednarik | 1987: Bert Bell | 1987: Harold Carmichael | 1987: Bill Hewitt | 1987: Sonny Jurgensen | 1987: Wilbert Montgomery | 1987: Earle "Greasy" Neale | 1987: Pete Pihos | 1987: Ollie Matson | 1987: Jim Ringo | 1987: Norm Van Brocklin | 1987: Steve Van Buren | 1987: Alex Wojciechowicz | 1988: Bill Bergey | 1988: Tommy McDonald | 1989: Tom Brookshier | 1989: Pete Retzlaff | 1990: Timmy Brown | 1991: Jerry Sisemore | 1991: Stan Walters | 1992: Ron Jaworski | 1993: Bill Bradley | 1994: Dick Vermeil | 1995: Jim Gallagher | 1995: Mike Quick | 1996: Jerome Brown | 1999: Otho Davis | 2005: Reggie White

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