Phil Brown (American football)

Phil Brown
Biographical details
Born(1901-03-14)March 14, 1901
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
DiedMay 16, 1991(1991-05-16) (aged 90)
Playing career
Football
1919–1922Butler
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1925Marshall HS (IL)
1926–1927Washington College
1928–1942Rose Polytechnic
1944Indiana State
1946–1958Rose Polytechnic
Basketball
1928–1932Rose Polytechnic
1935–1943Rose Polytechnic
Head coaching record
Overall106–127–8 (college football)
56–95 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 ICC (1941)
3 Prairie (1953, 1957–1958)

Phil Brown (March 14, 1901 – May 16, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and track coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland from 1927 to 1927, Rose Polytechnic Institute—now known as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1958, and Indiana State Teachers College—now known as Indiana State University in 1944.[2] Brown also coached basketball and track at Rose Poly before retiring in 1959.

Brown graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1918 and then played college football at Butler University. He died on May 16, 1991.[3]

  1. ^ "Phil Brown". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Rose-Holman Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). rose-hulman.edu. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Elsewhere in sports . . ". Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. May 23, 1991. p. E4. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.