Country Brown Explained

Country Brown
Position:Outfielder
Birth Date:March 28, 1896
Birth Place:Atlanta, Georgia
Death Place:New York, New York
Bats:Left
Throws:Right
Debutleague:Negro league baseball
Debutyear:1918
Debutteam:Bacharach Giants
Finalyear:1933
Finalteam:Brooklyn Royal Giants
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Elias Brown (March 28, 1896  - December 25, 1937), born "Elias Bryant", and nicknamed "Country" or "Circus Country", was an American Negro league outfielder between 1918 and 1933.

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Brown made his Negro leagues debut in 1918 for the Bacharach Giants, and also played briefly for the Hilldale Club and Lincoln Giants that season. He went on to enjoy a long professional career with several teams, and played in the 1926 Colored World Series for the Bacharach club.[1] [2] Brown died in New York, New York in 1937 at age 41.[3]

External links

and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Country Brown . seamheads.com . October 7, 2020.
  2. Web site: Elias Brown . baseball-reference.com . October 7, 2020.
  3. Web site: Gary Ashwill . The Death of Country Brown . Agate Type . December 8, 2008 . October 7, 2020.