George Brown (coach) explained

George Anthony Brown
Birth Date:	1911 5, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:	Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
Overall Record:	4–1
Coach Years1:	1953
Coach Team1:	Montclair State

George Anthony Brown (May 17, 1911 – September 27, 1968) was an American basketball and football coach. He served as the head football coach of the Montclair State University Red Hawks in Upper Montclair, New Jersey for the 1953 season, compiling a 4–1 record. He was born in Ohio.

Life and career

George Anthony Brown was born in Columbus, Ohio on May 17, 1911.^{[1] [2]}

Brown worked as a director of athletics at Milligan college in Tennessee, before joining Upper Iowa University as head basketball and football line coach.^[3]

Brown played for the New York Giants American football team.^[4]

Brown married Margaret Elizabeth Ferri in 1939.^{[5] [6]} He died in Montclair, New Jersey on September 27, 1968, at the age of 57.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Lid Off Upper Iowa's Box Saturday . 5 March 2023 . The Gazette . 21 September 1950.
2. Web site: 1950 United States Federal Census . Ancestry . 5 March 2023.
3. News: Name Successor to Joe Fortunato at Upper Iowa U . 5 March 2023 . The Courier . 4 August 1949.
4. News: Coaching at College . 5 March 2023 . Verona-Cedar Grove Times . 10 September 1953.
5. Web site: Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 . Ancestry . 5 March 2023.
6. Web site: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 . Ancestry . 5 March 2023.
7. News: George Brown Dies, Former Coach at Montclair State . 3 September 2023 . The Herald-News . 28 September 1968 . 4.