Ed Brown
Charles Edward Brown
Born: October 26, 1928
San Luis Obispo, CA USA
Deceased: August 2, 2007
Kennewick, WA
Position: QB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 200
College: San Francisco
High School: San Luis Obispo (CA)
Career: 1954-1965
Drafted: 1952 in Round 6, #68 overall by the Chicago Bears
Ed Brown played from 1954 to 1965 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers. Brown threw for 15,600 yards in his career, completing 949 of 1,987 passes with 102 touchdowns and 138 interceptions. He also ran for 960 yards in 265 attempts with 14 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 283 | 16.6 | 3 | 17.6 | 1 | 5.9 | 69 | 118.3 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 164 | 85 | 51.8 | 1307 | 8.0 | 9 | 5.5 | 10 | 6.1 | 86 | 71.4 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 168 | 96 | 57.1 | 1667 | 9.9 | 11 | 6.5 | 12 | 7.1 | 70 | 83.1 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 185 | 84 | 45.4 | 1321 | 7.1 | 6 | 3.2 | 16 | 8.6 | 74 | 44.4 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 218 | 102 | 46.8 | 1418 | 6.5 | 10 | 4.6 | 17 | 7.8 | 79 | 51.0 |
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 247 | 125 | 50.6 | 1881 | 7.6 | 13 | 5.3 | 10 | 4.0 | 88 | 76.7 |
| 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 149 | 59 | 39.6 | 1079 | 7.2 | 7 | 4.7 | 11 | 7.4 | 91 | 50.2 |
| 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 98 | 46 | 46.9 | 742 | 7.6 | 4 | 4.1 | 11 | 11.2 | 84 | 46.8 |
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 84 | 43 | 51.2 | 726 | 8.6 | 5 | 6.0 | 6 | 7.1 | 50 | 70.8 |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 362 | 168 | 46.4 | 2982 | 8.2 | 21 | 5.8 | 20 | 5.5 | 85 | 71.4 |
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 272 | 121 | 44.5 | 1990 | 7.3 | 12 | 4.4 | 19 | 7.0 | 54 | 55.2 |
| 1965 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 81 | 16.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 143.8 |
| 1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 123 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 27.8 | 39 | 23.4 |
| Totals | 1987 | 949 | 47.8 | 15600 | 7.9 | 102 | 5.1 | 138 | 6.9 | 91 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 43 | 203 | 4.7 | 32 | 2 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 40 | 164 | 4.1 | 31 | 1 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 31 | 129 | 4.2 | 31 | 1 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 32 | 94 | 2.9 | 28 | 3 |
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 33 | 108 | 3.3 | 46 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 19 | 89 | 4.7 | 38 | 2 |
| 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 13 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | -2 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 7 | 2 |
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 26 | 110 | 4.2 | 22 | 2 |
| 1965 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 265 | 960 | 3.6 | 46 | 14 |
Receiving:
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Chicago Bears | 18 | 684 | 38.0 | 60 |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 44 | 1766 | 40.1 | 59 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 42 | 1644 | 39.1 | 53 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 34 | 1365 | 40.1 | 62 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 27 | 1140 | 42.2 | 57 |
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 64 | 2634 | 41.2 | 66 |
| 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 56 | 2231 | 39.8 | 65 |
| 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 58 | 2448 | 42.2 | 69 |
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 60 | 2400 | 40.0 | 78 |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 57 | 2256 | 39.6 | 57 |
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 31 | 1346 | 43.4 | 54 |
| 1965 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 49 |
| Totals | 493 | 19994 | 40.6 | 78 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1955 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 10 |
| 1956 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 12 |
| 1957 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 8 |
| 1958 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 11 |
| 1959 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 10 |
| 1960 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 11 |
| 1961 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 5 |
| 1962 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 3 |
| 1963 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 14 |
| 1964 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 13 |
| 1965 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 0 |
