Tay Brown Explained

Tay Brown
Birth Date:29 December 1911
Birth Place:Compton, California, U.S.
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1930–1932
Player Team2:USC
Player Positions:Tackle
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1933–1936
Coach Team2:Cincinnati (line)
Coach Years3:1937–1941
Coach Team3:Compton
Coach Years4:1945–1960
Coach Team4:Compton
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1933–1937
Coach Team6:Cincinnati
Coach Years7:1937–?
Coach Team7:Compton
Overall Record:140–33–9 (junior college football)
47–27 (college basketball)
Bowl Record:4–1
Championships:Football
4 Metropolitan Conference (1939–1940, 1945–1946)
7 WSC (1950, 1952, 1954–1957, 1959)
Awards:First-team All-PCC (1932)
Cfbhof Year:1980
Cfbhof Id:1572

Raymond "Tay" Brown (December 29, 1911 – August 16, 1994) was an American college football player and coach of football and basketball. He played football as a tackle and the University of Southern California (USC) was captain the 1932 USC Trojans football team, Howard Jones' only perfect season with the Trojans. Brown served as the head basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati from 1933 to 1937, compiling a record of 47–27. He was the head football coach at Compton College in Compton, California, amassing a record of 140–33–9. Brown was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1980.

College career

Brown was a member of USC's national championship-winning team teams in 1931 and 1932. He set a Los Angeles Coliseum record by blocking four kicks in one game.

Coaching career

Brown served as the head basketball coach and assistant football coach at the University of Cincinnati from 1933 to 1937.[1] [2] He later guided Compton College to four Junior Rose Bowl invitations while posting a 140–33–9 record at the school.

Head coaching record

Junior college football

Notes and References

  1. News: . Tay Brown to Coach Bearcats . . . August 4, 1933 . 10 . March 30, 2024 . .
  2. News: . Tay Brown Leaves U. C. To Coach on Coast . . . June 2, 1937 . 15 . March 30, 2024 . .