Warren William Brown[1] (January 3, 1894 – November 19, 1978) was an American sportswriter for over 50 years, spending the majority of his career in Chicago.

After serving in U.S. Army intelligence stateside during World War I, Brown returned to the Bulletin, but soon moved to William Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Call & Post.

That is where he hired a young sportswriter named Ed Sullivan, who went on to be a society columnist and then a mid-century American icon with his TV variety show.

While working at the Chicago American as sports editor he mentored a young sportswriter named Brent Musburger.

Brown and former Notre Dame running back Marchy Schwartz had dinner with Rockne in Chicago the night before his ill-fated plane crash.

Long credited to Grantland Rice, Brown was actually the person that coined the nickname for fabled Illinois running back Red Grange.

Posthumously, some have raised suspicions that he used his position to corruptly convince the rest of the Committee to induct Ray Schalk into the Hall of Fame.

Although known for being a solid defensive catcher, Schalk was a woeful hitter who, as of September 2024, has the lowest batting average among all position players in the hall of fame.