He was a competitor in all three sports at Harvard University and a consensus All-American in football.
Brown was raised in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and attended preparatory school at Andover where he was a member of the football, wrestling and track teams.
[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.