Enoch "Nuck" Brown, Jr. (May 19, 1892 – 1962) was an All-Southern[1] college football end for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.
 Brown c. 1912 | |
| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
|---|---|
| Position | End |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | 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 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early years
editEnoch 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]
Vanderbilt
editBrown 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.
Coaching career
editHigh school
editNuck Brown later coached at Montgomery Bell Academy.[7]
Vanderbilt
editBrown assisted his alma mater in 1920.
References
edit- ^ "Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team". Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1913.
- ^ a b "Brown to Lead Vanderbilt". Boston Evening Transcript. December 5, 1912.
- ^ "Athletic Miscellany". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 13: 55. 1913.
- ^ Bill Traughber (November 25, 2014). "1913 Rewind: Commodores rally to stay undefeated against Vols". Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ^ ""Nuck" Brown to Lead". The Washington Times. December 9, 1912. p. 12. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Henry Jay Case (1914). "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 327.
- ^ "M. B. A. Wipes Out Hopkinsville Defeat". The Tennessean. September 26, 1915. p. 48. Retrieved September 27, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
