Fiske Brown

John Fiske Brown (June 13, 1901 – May 30, 1978) was an American athlete who participated in American football, wrestling and track and field. He was a competitor in all three sports at Harvard University and a consensus All-American in football.

Fiske Brown
Born:(1901-06-13)June 13, 1901[1]
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Died:May 30, 1978(1978-05-30) (aged 76)[2]
Brockton, Massachusetts
Career information
Position(s)Guard
CollegeHarvard College
Career history
As player
1920–1921Harvard
Career highlights and awards

Brown was raised in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and attended preparatory school at Andover where he was a member of the football, wrestling and track teams.[3][4]

As a guard for the Harvard Crimson football team, Browne was a consensus first-team selection for the 1921 College Football All-America Team.[5] He was also captain of Harvard's wrestling team and a competitor in the heavyweight class.[3][6] He was also the captain of the track and field team and a competitor in the shot put and hammer throw events.[7][8] He set a record in the hammer throw for international meets between Yale, Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge with a distance of 159 feet, 4-3/4 inches.[9]

References
  1. Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915
  2. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
  3. "Wrestlers Elect Captain: Fiske Brown Chosen to Lead Team". Harvard Crimson. February 16, 1921.
  4. "The Harvard University Register 1921-22". p. 127.
  5. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  6. "47 Wrestlers at Harvard: Coach Edlinski and Captain Fiske Brown Talk to Candidates" (PDF). The New York Times. December 6, 1921.
  7. "Brown to Lead Track Men: Football Star and Hammer Thrower Honored at Harvard" (PDF). The New York Times. October 7, 1921.
  8. "Fiske Brown First in Hammer Throw". Boston Daily Globe. April 11, 1922. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  9. "Records in Athletic Meets With Oxford and Cambridge". The New York Times. July 11, 1925.
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