Booker Taylor Brown (September 25, 1952 – July 18, 2022) was an American football

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who played two seasons with the

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of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the sixth round of the

1974 NFL Draft The 1974 NFL draft took place at the Americana Hotel in New York City, New York, on January 29–30, 1974. Each of the 26 NFL teams were granted 17 selections for a total of 442 picks. Many experts consider the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers to have h ...

. Brown first enrolled at Santa Barbara City College before transferring to the University of Southern California. He attended Santa Barbara High School in Santa Barbara, California. He was a consensus All-American in

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. He was also a member of the Southern California Sun of the

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. In 2019, Brown was inducted into the Santa Barbara City College Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of their inaugural class. On July 18, 2022, Brown died after an extended illness.

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