Willie Brown (American football)
- Denver Broncos (1963-1966)
- Oakland Raiders (1967-1978)
Coach
- Oakland Raiders (1979-1988)
- Long Beach State (1991 )
- L.A. Jordan HS ( 1994)
Football official
- Oakland Raiders ( since 1995)
- 9 × Pro Bowl AFL All-Star Game selection ( 1964, 1965, 1967-1973 )
- 11 × All-Pro selection ( 1964-1974 )
- AFL Champion (1967 )
- AFC Champion (1976 )
- Super Bowl winners (XI )
- AFL All- Time Team
- NFL 1970s All- Decade Team
- Pro Football Hall of Fame (1984 )
- Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
- Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (2001)
- African-American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame (2010)
- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (1992 )
Assistant coach
- 2 × AFC Champion (1980, 1983)
- 2 × Super Bowl winner XV, XVIII
William " Willie" Ferdie Brown ( born December 2, 1940 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States ) is an American former American football player in the American Football League ( AFL) and the National Football League ( NFL). He played as a cornerback for the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders.
Playing career
Willie Brown studied at Grambling State University. After his studies, he was engaged by the Houston Oilers. The team still dismissed him during a training camp. Brown then received by the Denver Broncos a contract offer. He played for the team from Denver as a cornerback. After he was initially only substitute in this position, he was employed by six games in the season as a starter in 1963. The team was unsuccessful this year. Even after Mac Speedie had taken over the course of the season in 1964, the coach of the team from Colorado, the team could not increase. A title succeeded Brown with the Broncos not. Before the season, the team gave him away to the Oakland Raiders, coached by John Rauch.
1967 was the Raiders win 13 of 14 games in the American Football League. With this result, they moved to the AFL- Finals against the Houston Oilers. The Oilers documents with 40:7, where Brown could intercept a pass of the opposing quarterbacks in the game. With the win, the Raiders for the " AFL- NFL Championship Game", which was later renamed Super Bowl II qualified. Opponent in the Super Bowl were coached by Vince Lombardi Green Bay Packers, who could prevail with 33:14 against the Raiders.
In the 1968 season, the Raiders moved into the play-offs, where they met in the Divisional play -off game to the Kansas City Chiefs. Brown scored against quarterback Len Dawson an interception, the Raiders won the confrontation with 41:6. The victory marked the re- entry into the AFL- Finals, there were subject to the Raiders but the trained Weeb Ewbank of the New York Jets with 27:23.
In 1969, John Madden became the coach of the Raiders. The team from Oakland won in this round in the regular season twelve of 14 games. In the play-offs they met first on the Houston Oilers, who stayed with their 56:7 defeat without opportunities. Brown once again made an interception. Opponent in the following AFL Finals were supervised by Hank Stram Kansas City Chiefs, who had the upper hand with 17:7.
Even in the years 1970, 1973, 1974 and 1975 were denied Willie Brown and his Raiders of the way into the Super Bowl. 1970 played the Raiders in the playoffs against the Miami Dolphins. The team of Don Shula moved here a 21:14 defeat against the Raiders, where Brown could use a interception by Bob Griese for vorentscheidenen touchdown for his team. In the first AFC Championship Game, the team from Oakland then defeated the Baltimore Colts with 27:17.
Also in 1973, Brown was able to enter into the record books of the NFL. In the play-off game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he intercepted a pass from Terry Bradshaw and thus scored a touchdown. The victory against the Steelers, however, was followed by a 27:10 final defeat against the Miami Dolphins, where Brown once again managed one interception.
1974 and 1975 have had to give each hit in the AFC Championship game with 24:13 and 16:10 the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Raiders.
The series of playoff defeats ended for Brown in 1976. The team had only 14 games lost in the regular season one and went with this result into the play offs. Opponent in the Divisional play -off game were the New England Patriots, who could be defeated with just 24:21. In the AFC Championship Game, the team of John Madden scored again on the managed by Chuck Noll Steelers. The team the Raiders to Gene Upshaw, Ken Stabler, Dave Casper and Willie Brown succeeded in revenge for the two previous final defeats and they won with 24:7. The counterparties in the following Super Bowl XI were the Minnesota Vikings. Brown showed his qualities as a cornerback once again demonstrated. He intercepted a pass from Fran Tarkenton and carried the ball for a distance of 75 yards for a touchdown in the end zone of the Vikings. The distance traveled from 75 yards was up to Super Bowl XLIII, the longest in each case in a Super Bowl with an interception achieved space savings. The team from Minnesota went with a 32:14 defeat from the square.
1977 was the Raiders do not defend their Super Bowl title. They met in the AFC Championship game to the Denver Broncos and left with a 20:17 defeat the playing field.
Willie Brown ended after the 1978 season his playing career. He scored during the regular season for the Oakland Raiders 39 interceptions and thus is still on the internal association record list at No. 1
Coaching career
John Madden left after the 1978 season, the Raiders and was replaced by Tom Flores. Brown was the assistant coach and was responsible for the defensive backs. In this role, he won with his team the XV and XVIII. In Super Bowl XV supported by him defensive backs were able to achieve three interceptions against quarterback Ron Jaworski. The reasons given by this Philadelphia Eagles lost the game with 27:10 Even the quarterback of the Washington Redskins Joe Theismann threw two interceptions in Super Bowl XVIII to Mike Haynes and Jack Squirek. Squirek came with the ball caught a pass over 5 yards into the end zone of the Redskins. This eventually lost with 38:9. After the game round 1988 Brown left the Raiders, but returned in 1995 back to the club. He is still active in the organization of the Oakland Raiders.
Honors
Willie Brown played nine Pro Bowl or the AFL All-Star Game, the final game of the best players of the season. He was eleven times elected to the All- Pro. He is a member of the AFL All- Time Team, NFL 1970s All- Decade Team in the, in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame and in the * African-American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame, and in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.