Irv Brown (March 30, 1935 – February 3, 2019) was an American sportscaster, and

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and

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player, coach, executive, and official.

Early life

Brown earned seven letters at North High School in

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, where he starred in

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and

. He played basketball and baseball at the University of Northern Colorado. After college, he coached football and baseball at Arvada High School in

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, and he also coached baseball at the University of Colorado Boulder and Metro State College. From 1969 to 1977, Brown had a career as a basketball referee, officiating six

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s. Brown served as commissioner of the Colorado Athletic Conference in the early 1990s. In 2007, he was named the new commissioner of the Mountain Collegiate Baseball League (MCLB). Brown began his broadcasting career in 1974 on KHOW radio. For over 25 years was on the air with Joe Williams, hosting the show ''The Fan''. Brown and Williams later co-authored ''The Great Book of Denver Sports Lists''. Brown retired from hosting "The Irv and Joe Show" on Mile High Sports Radio AM 1340 with longtime partner Joe Williams, on April 7, 2016, ending a 42-year media career. He was also an analyst for the NBA on ESPN and the Southwest Conference on Raycom Sports and HSE during the 1980s. Brown was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

References

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