Tom Brown

PLAYING CAREER
B.C. LIONS     1961 - 1967

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN AND ALL-CANADIAN LINEBACKER  1962, 1963
ALL-WESTERN AND ALL-CANADIAN MIDDLE GUARD 1964
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD  1963, 1964
JEFF NICKLIN MEMORIAL TROPHY   1964

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION    1963, 1964
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM    1964


TOM BROWN RECEIVED IMMEDIATE RECOGNITION FOR HIS MANY TALENTS. HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LIONS' DEFENSIVE UNIT KNOWN AS THE "HEAD HUNTERS". THE LIONS APPEARED IN THE 1963 AND 1964 GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS, WINNING IN 1964.

IN 1965 BROWN SUFFERED A NECK INJURY, WHICH HE AGGRAVATED DURING THE 1966 TRAINING CAMP. THIS LED TO HIS EARLY RETIREMENT IN 1967.

TOM BROWN IS A MEMBER OF THE BC SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

Other Media

Feature Video

INDUCTED 1984 - PLAYER

Class of 1984 Terry Evanshen, J.G. (Jake) Gaudaur, Joe Kapp, Seymour Wilson