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href="/wiki/Surry_County,_Virginia" title="Surry County, Virginia">Surry County, Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">September 17, 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-09-17)</span> (aged 84)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">300 lb (136 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nyack_High_School" title="Nyack High School">Nyack</a> <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/Nyack,_New_York" title="Nyack, New York">Nyack, New York</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Eastern_Shore_Hawks" title="Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks">Maryland State</a> (1956–1959)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_draft" title="1960 NFL draft">1960</a> / round: 4 / pick: 42</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">AFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1960_American_Football_League_draft" title="1960 American Football League draft">1960</a> / round: Second selections</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_of_the_Lions" title="Pride of the Lions">Pride of the Lions</a></li> <li>2× First-team <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a> <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (1958, 1959)</li> <li>Virginia Sports Hall of Fame</li></ul> <dl><dt>NFL record</dt></dl> <ul><li>Most safeties in a season: 2 (tied)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games played:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">138</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games started:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">124</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_score)" title="Safety (gridiron football score)">Safeties</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Fumble" title="Fumble">Fumble</a> recoveries:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">Interceptions</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrowRo03.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2233">College Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Roger Lee Brown</b> (May 1, 1937 – September 17, 2021) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player who was a <a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">defensive tackle</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) for the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> (1960–1966) and the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> (1967–1969). He played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Eastern_Shore_Hawks" title="Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks">Maryland State Hawks</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Brown_(defensive_tackle)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown was born on May 1, 1937 in <a href="/wiki/Surry_County,_Virginia" title="Surry County, Virginia">Surry County, Virginia</a>, and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a>, and the Village of <a href="/wiki/Nyack,_New_York" title="Nyack, New York">Nyack</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Rockland_County,_New_York" title="Rockland County, New York">Rockland County</a>, New York.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went to <a href="/wiki/Nyack_High_School" title="Nyack High School">Nyack High School</a> where he was an "unstoppable 245-pound fullback" on the school's football team, graduating in 1956. Brown led the Rockland Public Schools Athletic League in scoring in 1954 and 1955. He was also a champion wrestler and discus thrower. He was elected to the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_football">College football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Brown_(defensive_tackle)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He played college football for the Maryland State College Hawks (now the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_Eastern_Shore" title="University of Maryland Eastern Shore">University of Maryland Eastern Shore</a>) for four years, from 1956-1959, where he was an industrial arts major. He played for <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Vernon_McCain" title="Vernon McCain">Vernon "Skip" McCain</a>. Brown was a defensive lineman. Over his four years, the Hawks had a 24-5-1 record, kept opposing teams to an average 7.3 points per game, and outscored opponents 693 to 213.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hawks won the <a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a> (CIAA) title in 1957. In 1958 and 1959, Brown was named a <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics</a> (NAIA) All-American. He was named a <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Courier" title="Pittsburgh Courier"><i>Pittsburgh Courier</i></a> Black All-America twice.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He played in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Charities_College_All-Star_Game" title="Chicago Charities College All-Star Game">Chicago All Star</a> game against the Baltimore Colts in 1959.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>The Colts won 29-0, in a game in which collegian Don Brown of the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars" title="Houston Cougars">Houston Cougars</a> (who would go on to play for the first <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a> team) was nearly killed when notoriously violent Colts linebacker <a href="/wiki/Bill_Pellington" title="Bill Pellington">Bill Pellington</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hit him so hard that Brown swallowed his tongue and stopped breathing. He was saved by the frantic intervention of doctors and trainers.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disc_jockey">Disc jockey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Brown_(defensive_tackle)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Disc jockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UMES is located in <a href="/wiki/Princess_Anne,_Maryland" title="Princess Anne, Maryland">Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland</a>, on Maryland's Eastern Shore.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his school days at UMES, Brown worked as a <a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">DJ</a> at an <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM radio station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">Salisbury, Maryland</a>, the largest city on Maryland's Eastern Shore,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he was known as the "Big Nyack". He began at <a href="/wiki/WICO_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="WICO (AM)">WICO AM</a> and then went to <a href="/wiki/WJDY" title="WJDY">WJDY</a>. He had also been involved with a group creating an unauthorized radio broadcast at UMES, using a transmitter they built themselves. College officials shut it down.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football_career">Football career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Brown_(defensive_tackle)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Football career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown was drafted in the fourth round, 42nd overall, in the <a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_draft" title="1960 NFL draft">1960 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Tackle (gridiron football position)">right tackle</a> with the original Lion's fearsome foursome,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with future <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> left tackle <a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Alex Karras</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a>s <a href="/wiki/Sam_Williams_(defensive_lineman)" title="Sam Williams (defensive lineman)">Sam Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darris_McCord" title="Darris McCord">Darris McCord</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown's addition to the line meant that the opposing team's <a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">center</a> could not double team Karras as frequently. The group played together in 1962, 1964 and 1965 (Karras having been suspended in 1963<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the group's early years, coaching legend <a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Don Shula</a> was their defensive coordinator.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown was named the NFL's 1962 Outstanding Defensive Lineman.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1962 "<a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanksgiving Day">Thanksgiving Day</a> Massacre" game against the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>, Brown <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">sacked</a> future hall of fame quarterback <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Bart Starr</a> seven times (the team had 11), including once for a <a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_score)" title="Safety (gridiron football score)">safety</a>. Brown was the outstanding player in a game where the Lions ended the NFL's reigning champions 12 game winning streak.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 30, 1962, Brown had earlier sacked<a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a> member <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Johnny Unitas</a> for a safety.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two safeties in a single season tied an individual NFL record, first set in 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He played for the Lions through the 1966 season, then was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>, where he played form 1967-1969.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his stint with the Rams, Brown, along with future hall of famers and 100th Anniversary All-Time Team members defensive end <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones" title="Deacon Jones">Deacon Jones</a> and defensive tackle <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Merlin Olson</a>, and defensive end <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Lundy" title="Lamar Lundy">Lamar Lundy</a>, formed a Rams "<a href="/wiki/Fearsome_Foursome_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fearsome Foursome (football)">Fearsome Foursome</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the most feared <a href="/wiki/Defensive_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive line">defensive line</a> at the time, and considered by some to be the best ever.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original Rams fearsome foursome of the mid-1960s had included <a href="/wiki/Rosey_Grier" title="Rosey Grier">Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier</a> at tackle, whom Brown replaced.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term "fearsome foursome" had not only been used for the Lions' line of the early 1960s, and the two Rams' defensive lines, but had also be used for the defensive lines of the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts of the late 1950s, and the San Diego Chargers of the early 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown retired after three seasons with the Rams, ending a career in which he was an <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> player for 6 straight seasons (1962–1967) and a 2-time first-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (1962 and 1963).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was one of the first NFL players to have a playing weight over 300 pounds, but his size and speed made him one of the most dynamic players of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over his career, he had 75 sacks, two interceptions, and three safeties.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, Brown was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Sports_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum">Virginia Sports Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Professional_Football_Researchers_Association" title="Professional Football Researchers Association">Professional Football Researchers Association</a> named Brown to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a> in 2009, and into the Black College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Sunday, October 28, 2018, Brown was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Pride_of_the_Lions" title="Pride of the Lions">Pride of the Lions</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">Ford Field</a> during halftime of the game vs. the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks" title="Seattle Seahawks">Seattle Seahawks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, he was selected at No. 19 on the <i>Detroit Free Press</i> ranking of the Detroit Lions' top 100 all-time players.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was chosen for the team's 75th Anniversary Team in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Restaurateur">Restaurateur</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Brown_(defensive_tackle)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Restaurateur"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his playing career was over, Brown went into the restaurant business.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started a chain of eight restaurants in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> area.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>Later, Brown became a regional personnel manager for McDonald's overseeing a staff of 65 people and operations at 289 franchises in 11 states. He also owned two (or three?) <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> franchise locations in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He owned Roger Brown's Restaurant and Sports Bar in <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth, Virginia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the MoMac Brewing Company in Portsmouth, and the Cove Taverns in Williamsburg, and Newport News, Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was active in the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> community, serving on 14 various local boards and committees.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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