CULTURETECHLENSTim Brown
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Combined Graph record U-07914 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-7042.
Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966, in Dallas, Texas) played at the University of Notre Dame from 1984 to 1987, setting 19 school records and totaling 2,493 receiving yards as a receiver and return threat. In 1987 he won the Heisman Trophy — the first wide receiver ever awarded it, as Notre Dame states the claim — along with the Walter Camp Player of the Year award and unanimous All-America honors. Selected sixth overall by the Los Angeles Raiders in the 1988 NFL draft, he played 16 seasons with the Raiders franchise and a final season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A nine-time Pro Bowler, he retired, per his PSA/DNA AutographFacts profile, with 1,094 receptions, 14,934 receiving yards — then the second-highest total in NFL history — and 100 touchdown catches. Brown was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966, in Dallas, Texas) played at the University of Notre Dame from 1984 to 1987, setting 19 school records and totaling 2,493 receiving yards as a receiver and return threat. In 1987 he won the Heisman Trophy — the first wide receiver ever awarded it, as Notre Dame states the claim — along with the Walter Camp Player of the Year award and unanimous All-America honors.
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- Also known as: Timothy Donell Brown, Touchdown Timmy
Notes
Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0398. Firsts disposition: ASSERTED — first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy (1987), stated in that form by both Notre Dame and PSA/DNA. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Brown's Heisman was won as much on punt returns as on routes — the award went to the most dangerous player in the country, and for one season that was a receiver. Photo: CLEARED — 'Tim Brown.jpg' (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; identity verified from the file's own Commons description/categories, license verified from file-level extmetadata, 2026-11-03).
Relationships
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football (University of Notre Dame) — played for
Brown played for Notre Dame from 1984 to 1987, setting 19 school records and winning the 1987 Heisman Trophy as the first wide receiver so honored (University of Notre Dame Athletics; PSA/DNA).
Sources
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish. "Jerome Bettis, Tim Brown Named to Pro Football Hall of Fame." FightingIrish.com. Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
- PSA/DNA. "Tim Brown." PSA AutographFacts. Accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Tim Brown
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Tim Brown — Photographer's Mate 1st Class Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Toiete Jackson (U.S. Navy), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Source: CultureTechLens · view at source
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