John Brown (born 12 July 1940) is an Australian sports promoter and former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. As a tennis player, Brown competed on the international tour during the late 1960s and locally in the early 1970s. He made the singles third round of the 1968 US Open and was a doubles quarter-finalist at the 1969 Australian Open. In the 1970s he served as tournament director of the Australian Open. Later based in Queensland, Brown held the original license for the

Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, nicknamed the Bears, was a professional Australian rules football club based in Queensland on the Gold Coast (relocated to Brisbane in 1993). The club participated in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/ ...

VFL club and was the inaugural executive chairman of the

Australian Baseball League The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is a professional baseball league in Australia. The league is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF). It uses the same name as a now-defunct competition held during the 1990s, and though it ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, John 1940 births Living people Australian male tennis players Sports promoters Tournament directors Tennis players from Melbourne Sportsmen from Victoria (state)