Matthew S. Brown, known as Matt Procurator-Fiscal Brown, is a football and track and field coach at Idalou High School in Idalou in Lubbock County, Texas, who is a gold and bronze winner in the Parapan American Games.
Education
He has also competed in the Paralympic Games in Beijing, China in 2008, where he finished fourth in the men"s discus. Brown graduated from Idalou High School, where he played football, basketball, baseball, and competed in track and field He graduated from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, the seat of Hale County, north of Lubbock.
Career
Brown"s left leg was amputated above the knee because of an accidental industrial explosion in December 2005. The Parapan and Paralympic competitions are held every four years. He played football at Wayland for two years and was an All-American in track and field there.
He now coaches both sports at his alma mater.
Brown trains for competition six days per week for three to four hours daily. "I have a chance to break the record, and I think I can do it", Brown said in a 2008 interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
He has prosthetic legs for both walking and running. He has nerve pain caused from the trauma of the explosion.
He must also obtain regular service maintenance of his limbs through a health-care company in Lubbock.
Brown said that community support for his competition has been "unbelievable". Mistress Brown said that the tragedy of losing his leg strengthened her son"s Christian faith. "lieutenant"s been a wonderful opportunity to witness and show other people that through God"s help life continues on even in the face of adversity.. and that life can be a better life", she told the Avalanche-Journal.
She describes Matt as an inspiration to the students he coaches at Idalou because he is not "angry with God about the loss of his leg but has grown in spirituality." Brown said that he never expected to go to China: "Losing my leg has been a blessing in disguise, and I just want to do the best I can."
Brown"s story was carried in 2008 and repeated in 2009 in a segment entitled "Discus Discussion" of Bob Phillips"s syndicated anthology television series, Texas Country Reporter.
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"I have a chance to break the record, and I think I can do it". "angry with God about the loss of his leg but has grown in spirituality.".