PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS 1984–1988
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS 1989–1991
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS 1992
BC LIONS 1993–1994
AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-CANADIAN DEFENSIVE BACK 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994
ALL-EASTERN DEFENSIVE BACK 1985, 1986, 1992
ALL-WESTERN DEFENSIVE BACK 1990, 1991, 1994
NOMINEE FOR SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER 1986, 1994
GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1985, 1986, 1990, 1994
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1986, 1990, 1994
AFTER PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, LESS BROWNE SIGNED AS A FREE AGENT WITH THE HAMILTON TIGER-CATS IN 1984. BROWNE SPENT FIVE STELLAR SEASONS WITH THE TI-CATS, TWICE BEING NAMED ALL-EASTERN AND ALL-CANADIAN.
IN 1989, HE JOINED THE WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS CONTINUING HIS INCREDIBLE PLAYING CAREER. IN 1990, BROWNE SET A CFL RECORD FOR MOST INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS WITH 273 YARDS. A RECORD HE STILL HELD AT THE TIME OF HIS INDUCTION.
AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT, LESS BROWN HELD RECORDS FOR MOST INTERCEPTIONS ALL-TIME WITH 87 AND MOST INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON WITH 1,508. HE ALSO HELD TEAM RECORDS FOR MOST INTERCEPTIONS IN A SEASON WITH THE WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (14 INTERCEPTIONS), THE OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS (11 INTERCEPTIONS), AND THE BC LIONS (11 INTERCEPTIONS).
INDUCTED 2002 – PLAYER
Class of 2002 Bob Ackles, Roger Aldag, Paul Bennett, Ray Elgaard