George Brown (2007) - Hall of Fame

George Brown

Induction:
2007

Brown competed for the UCLA track & field team in 1951 and 1952 in the long jump and 220 yd. after arriving highly recruited from Compton Junior College. In high school, Brown jumped 25-2 ½ to break Jesse Owens’ National Interscholastic record but it was never officially accepted because it was accomplished in a dual meet. While at UCLA, Brown won the Pac-10 championship in the 220 yd. in 1951 and finished 5^th and 6^th respectively in the NCAA championships in the 220 in 1951 and 1952. But, it was in the long jump that Brown was most dominant. He won both the Pac-10 and NCAA long jump competitions in 1951 and 1952. Brown also went on to win the USA Track and Field championships in 1951 and 1952 (the only Bruin in history to capture the NCAA and USA track and field crown in the same year twice.) In 1952, Brown jumped 26-3 ½ which, at the time, was the 4^th longest jump ever in history. It also remains 4^th on UCLA’s career list some 50 years later. Brown was ranked #1 in the world in the long jump for three consecutive years (1951-52-53).