Doug Brown (Canadian football)
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Douglas Gordon Brown (born September 29, 1974) is a retired
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(CFL) defensive tackle. He played college football at
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. Brown won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 2001. He played for the
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from 2001 until his retirement in 2011, competing in three Grey Cups: 2001, 2007, and 2011. He was a CFL All-Star eight times.


Career

Brown was drafted by the
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5th overall in the 1997 CFL draft. However, he did not play a game with them and signed with the Buffalo Bills of the NFL, spending his entire time there on the practice squad. Following that he went to play for the
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where he played ten games with the NFL team. The 2000 season was a wash, but the end of the season saw his rights traded to Winnipeg from Calgary. He started playing with the Bombers for the
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which saw him named as the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian and a visit to the 2001 Grey Cup game which the Bombers ended up losing. He soon acquired the nickname "Big Bird" and again won as Winnipeg's MOC award again the following season. Next season, in 2004, Brown won his third recognition as the Bombers' MOC and also won the award for the Most Outstanding Defensive Player. 2006 was another strong season, and arguably his strongest with the Blue Bombers. However, he finished as runner up for the Most Outstanding Canadian award that year. Brown went to the
2007 Grey Cup The 95th Grey Cup was held in Toronto at the Rogers Centre on November 25, 2007. The Grey Cup, first awarded in 1909, is the championship game of the Canadian Football League. It was played between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnip ...
, his second appearance in the penultimate CFL, but again came up short losing by four points to the
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. Brown won his fifth CFL All-Star recognition in 2008 and again finished as runner-up for the MODP award. 2009 saw a return to recognition for Brown where he again won Winnipeg's MOC and MODP awards. Despite being one of the oldest players in the CFL, Brown continued to excel during the 2010 season. He finished with his seventh CFL All-Star naming that year. The
2011 CFL season The 2011 CFL season was the 58th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it was the 54th season of the Canadian Football League. The complete schedule was released on February 18 and featured the defending Grey Cup champion Montreal ...
saw Brown as a member of the self-titled "Swaggerville" defence for Winnipeg, which was one of the top defences in the league at that time. The 2011 season also saw Brown win his eighth East Division all-star nod. In 2016, he was finally inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.


Statistics


Personal

Brown credited former
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track and field coach
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with developing his running which enabled his progression to pro football.Coquitlam Now
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Retrieved on 27 December 2009
He currently writes a weekly sports column for the ''
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''. Brown also serves as colour commentator for Blue Bomber broadcasts on CJOB 680 AM radio in Winnipeg. Brown is also currently a KidSport Winnipeg Sport Ambassador, helping run an annual Football Camp for recipients of KidSport Winnipeg funding. He resides in Winnipeg.


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NFL StatsKidSport Winnipeg
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Doug 1974 births American football defensive tackles Buffalo Bills players Canadian expatriate American football people in the United States Canadian football defensive linemen Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Canadian Award winners Canadian players of American football Living people Players of Canadian football from British Columbia Simon Fraser Clan football players Sportspeople from New Westminster Washington Redskins players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players