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Leroy Brown (musician)
Leroy Brown may refer to: * Leroy Brown (coach) (1887–?), American football and basketball coach * Leroy Brown (high jumper) (1902–1970), Olympic medal-winning American athlete *Leroy Brown (wrestler) (1950–1988), American professional wrestler *Leroy Brown, fictional protagonist of the book series ''Encyclopedia Brown'' See also *" Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", a 1973 song by Jim Croce *"Bring Back That Leroy Brown ''Sheer Heart Attack'' is the third studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 8 November 1974 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Digressing from the progressive themes featured on ...", a 1974 song by Queen *" Mrs. Leroy Brown", a 2004 song by Loretta Lynn {{hndis, Brown, Leroy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Brown (coach)
Leroy N. Brown (July 17, 1887 – ?) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the head football coach at Michigan State Normal College—now known as Eastern Michigan University—in Ypsilanti, Michigan from 1912 to 1913, compiling a record of 6–5–2. He was also the head basketball coach at Michigan State Normal from 1912 to 1914, tallying a mark of 13–6. Brown lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1914, he married Alice Steppans. Head coaching record Football Basketball References 1887 births Year of death missing Basketball coaches from Michigan Eastern Michigan Eagles football coaches Eastern Michigan Eagles football players Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball coaches People from Clarkston, Michigan {{1910s-collegefootball-coach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Brown (high Jumper)
Leroy Taylor Brown (January 1, 1902, in New York City – April 21, 1970) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ... in the high jump where he won the silver medal. References Sources * External links * American male high jumpers Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Stuyvesant High School alumni 1902 births 1970 deaths Track and field athletes from New York City Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Brown (wrestler)
Roland C. Daniels (November 30, 1950 – September 6, 1988) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Leroy Brown. He took his ring name from the Jim Croce song about "Bad, Bad" Leroy Brown, which also became his theme song for a lot of his in ring appearances. He later used the ringname Elijah Akeem as he adopted a more militaristic black Muslim character, teaming with Kareem Muhammad as the Muslim Connection and later the Zambuie Express. Brown started out his career working as a face in the south, portraying a simple, honest man who always backed up his friends. He later portrayed a heel, acting like an arrogant, rich, self-obsessed character. During his career he won a number of singles championships such as NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship as well as a number of tag team championships, teaming with Muhammad to win the NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship, NWA United States Tag Team Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopedia Brown
''Encyclopedia Brown'' is a series of books featuring the adventures of boy detective Leroy Brown, nicknamed "Encyclopedia" for his intelligence and range of knowledge. The series of 29 children's novels was written (one co-written) by Donald J. Sobol, with the first book published in 1963 and the last published posthumously in 2012. In addition to the main books, the ''Encyclopedia Brown'' series has spawned a comic strip, a TV series, and compilation books of puzzles and games. Sobol's first ''Encyclopedia Brown'' book was written in two weeks; subsequent books took about six months to write. Its main publisher was Bantam Skylark. Style Each book in the ''Encyclopedia Brown'' mystery series is self-contained in that the reader is not required to have read earlier books in order to understand the stories. The major characters, settings, etc. are usually introduced (or reintroduced) in each book. Books featuring Brown are subdivided into a number—usually ten or more—of ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" is an uptempo, strophic story song written by American folk rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his 1973 album '' Life and Times'', the song was a No. 1 hit for him, spending two weeks at the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in July 1973. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1973. Croce was nominated for two 1973 Grammy Awards in the Pop Male Vocalist and Record of the Year categories for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". It was his only number-one single before his death on September 20 of that year. Synopsis The song's titular character is a 6'4" tall man from the South Side of Chicago whose size, attitude, and tendency to carry weapons have given him a reputation in which he is adored by women and feared by men. He is said to dress in fancy clothes and wear diamond rings, and to own a custom Lincoln Continental and a Cadillac Eldorado, implying he has a lot of money. He is also known to carry a .32 caliber handgun in his pocket and a razor in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
''Sheer Heart Attack'' is the third studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 8 November 1974 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Digressing from the progressive themes featured on their first two albums, the album featured more pop-centric and conventional rock tracks and marked a step towards the "classic" Queen sound. It was produced by the band and Roy Thomas Baker, and launched Queen to mainstream popularity in the UK and throughout the world. The album's first single "Killer Queen" reached number 2 in the British charts and provided the band with their first top 20 hit in the US, peaking at number 12 on the ''Billboard'' singles chart. ''Sheer Heart Attack'' was the first Queen album to hit the US top 20, peaking at number 12 in 1975. It has been acknowledged for containing "a wealth of outstanding hard rock guitar tracks". Retrospectively, it has been listed by multiple publications as one of the band's best w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |