Willie Brown, who is probably one of the greatest athletes in USC history, died today of cancer.
Here’s my favorite example of his ability: In the 1963 Rose Bowl, No. 1 USC played No. 2 Wisconsin. Brown had 108 yards receiving, returned kickoffs 41-and-31 yards and made perhaps the key play of the game with an interception in the end zone.
In 1962, he set a then-record with a 93-yard touchdown run against SMU. He played more minutes than any other player in 1962 with 367 minutes for the national championship team.
He also rushed for 335 yards in a single game at Long Beach Poly. Brown was also an assistant coach on USC coach John McKay’s staff and followed him to Tampa Bay.
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Great athlete. Great Trojan. Thanks for winning that Rose Bowl [and helping us to grab the National Championship], Willie. Rest in peace.
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I’m so sad. I met him about 10 years ago. He was a classy guy. Please post the info for the services.
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With stats like his you’d think he would have been the first Heisman trophy winner for SC but he doesn’t appear in the voting. I would claim East Coast bias but some guy from Oregon State won the trophy.
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Yeah Terry Baker OR St. (one of Tommy Prothro’s boys). Baker the only player to have won the Heisman and played in NCAA men’s basketball ‘final four’ and # 1 overall draft pick by the Rams in 1963.
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We went to the same church, and his wife taught Sunday School there (Christ The Good Shepherd, Leimert Park)
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His high school games were track meets…avg about 20 yds / carry, maybe better. Privileged to watch him both high school games and SC football and baseball…he was special.
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