Enoch "Nuck" Brown, Jr. (May 19, 1892 – 1962) was an All-Southern[1] college football end for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.
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Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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Position | End |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1892-05-19)May 19, 1892 Franklin, Tennessee |
Died: | 1962 (aged 69–70) |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Vanderbilt (1911–1913) |
High school | Battle Ground Academy |
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Enoch Brown, Jr. was born on May 19, 1892 in Franklin, Tennessee to Enoch Brown, Sr. and Lucinda Allen. His older brother Innis Brown was captain of the 1905 Vanderbilt Commodores football team and a long time official. Enoch, Jr. attended preparatory school at Battle Ground Academy.[2]
Brown also was a catcher on the Vanderbilt baseball team and a member of the basketball team. Nuck was captain of the 1913 Vanderbilt Commodores football team.[3][4][5] He was also a Rhodes Scholar.[6] At Vanderbilt he was a member of Delta Tau Delta.[2]
Brown won the Bachelor of Ugliness for the class of 1914.
Nuck Brown later coached at Montgomery Bell Academy.[7]
Brown assisted his alma mater in 1920.
1912 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections | |
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1913 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections | |
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