John Fiske Brown (June 13, 1901 – May 30, 1978) was an American athlete who participated in

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, wrestling and track and field. He was a competitor in all three sports at

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and a consensus All-American in football. Brown was raised in

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, and attended preparatory school at Andover where he was a member of the football, wrestling and track teams. As a

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for the

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team, Browne was a consensus first-team selection for the

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. He was also captain of Harvard's wrestling team and a competitor in the heavyweight class. He was also the captain of the track and field team and a competitor in the

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and

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events. He set a record in the hammer throw for international meets between Yale, Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge with a distance of 159 feet, 4-3/4 inches.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Fiske 1901 births 1978 deaths American football guards Harvard Crimson football players All-American college football players Players of American football from Massachusetts People from Plymouth, Massachusetts Sportspeople from Plymouth County, Massachusetts