Bull Brown

Bull Brown
Brown c. 1928
Vanderbilt Commodores
PositionGuard
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career history
CollegeVanderbilt (1926; 1928–1929)
Career highlights and awards

John Neil "Bull" Brown was an American football and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was said by coach Dan McGugin to be one of his six best players ever coached.[1] He was selected All-Southern in 1928 and 1929, and All-American in 1929. One of his best games came tackling Minnesota running back Bronko Nagurski.[2] He ran 85 yards for a touchdown on 1928 national champion Georgia Tech.[3]

  1. ^ "Vandy Coach Picks Greatest Grid Players of Long Football Career". The Evening Independent. August 26, 1930.
  2. ^ Vanderbilt University. "Vanderbilt All-Americans". 2013 Vanderbilt Football Fact Book: 143.
  3. ^ "Georgia Tech 11 Whips Vanderbilt". The Oregon Statesman. November 11, 1928. p. 9. Retrieved March 1, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon