Carroll William "Boardwalk" Brown (February 20, 1889 – February 8, 1977) was a

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. He was born on February 20, 1889, in

Woodbury, New Jersey Woodbury is the county seat of Gloucester County, New Jersey, Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the South Jersey region of the state.

, and attended

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.Boardwalk Brown

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. Accessed September 6, 2019. "High School: Woodbury HS (Woodbury, NJ)" He batted and threw right-handed, and was 178 pounds. Boardwalk played three seasons with the

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in 1911–1913. In 1914 he played for both the A's and the

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and again in 1915 with the Yankees. In his career, Brown had a 38–40 record in 133 games with an

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of 3.47 and 251

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