"Downtown" Eddie Brown (born August 6, 1966) is a former

slotback Slotback (SB), also called slot receiver, is an offensive position in gridiron football responsible for covering a ''slot,'' the playing area between the⁣⁣ offensive tackle and the wide receiver. A player who lines up between those two pl ...

in the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; , LCF) is a Professional gridiron football, professional Canadian football league in Canada. It comprises nine teams divided into two divisions, with four teams in the East Division (CFL), East Division and f ...

(CFL) between 1990 and 2002. Brown played with eight CFL teams, and appeared in two

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championships with the

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at Commonwealth Stadium. The E ...

, winning the

81st Grey Cup The 81st Grey Cup was the 1993 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta. The Eskimos defeated the Blue Bombers 33–23 to win the Grey Cup. ...

in 1993. In 1995, he played for the

Memphis Mad Dogs The Memphis Mad Dogs were a Canadian football team that played the 1995 CFL season, 1995 season in the Canadian Football League. The Mad Dogs were part of a failed attempt to CFL USA, expand the CFL into the United States. They played at Liberty ...

. In 1996, after the demise of the

, he re-signed with the Edmonton Eskimos. In 1999, he played for the

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. In total he caught 532 passes for 8663 yards in 160 career CFL games with 63 touchdowns. Eddie had 3 1,000 yard seasons, all with Edmonton, and was a CFL All-Star in 1996 as well as Western All-Star in 1996 and 1999. His shoestring catch in the snow of the 84th Grey Cup is considered to be one of the most memorable plays in

history.

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Stats Crew profileRenegades ink Eddie Brown (CBC.ca article)ArenaFan statsTotalFootballStats
1966 births Living people BC Lions players Calgary Stampeders players Canadian football wide receivers Canadian football slotbacks Edmonton Elks players Iowa State Cyclones football players Iowa Barnstormers players Memphis Mad Dogs players Montreal Alouettes players Ottawa Renegades players Ottawa Rough Riders players Players of American football from Sacramento, California Players of Canadian football from Sacramento, California Players of American football from Topeka, Kansas Sacramento Surge players Toronto Argonauts players {{Canadianfootball-widereceiver-stub