Career
Brown served as an umpire and officiated in two Super Bowls (Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, and Super Bowl XLV in 2011) and served as an alternate (standby) official for Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999. He wore uniform number 31. Prior to his career as an NFL game official, Brown officiated football in the Big West Athletic Conference.
He played college football at East Texas State, now Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University Commerce.
Brown was a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American, an All-Lone Star Conference offensive lineman in 1967 and "68 and a Kodak All-American in 1968, becoming the first African-American to reach All-American status for the college. Brown then went on to play five years in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Houston Oilers, and the New Orleans Saints.
Outside of the NFL, Brown was employed at the University of California, Los Angeles, campus since 1988, and celebrated his retirement in 2011. At University of California, Los Angeles, he served in several sports management capacities in the Department of Cultural and Recreational Affairs and as an Executive Officer to the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.
In December 2012, Brown was inducted into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame, joining other NFL inductees, Tim Brown, Charles Haley and Gene Upshaw (posthumous).
Brown, along with eleven other inductees in various sports, was recognized for exemplary performance in sportmanship, citizenship, and contributions to the history of sports as a Texas-born, African-American athlete. Brown married Deborah, a municipal transportation manager, in 1986. The two have twin adult sons, Trent and Devin and maintain their primary resident in Carson, California.
He announced his retirement midway through the 2014 season.
