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	Willard Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brown was one of the fastest players in baseball in the late 1930s and 1940s,as well as a solid outfielder.
		Louis Browns, but he struggled because of the racism inherent in his new surroundings and his frustration with the lack of talent of his new teammates.
		Brown was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in February 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Willard_Brown (406 words)

	Cleveland Seniors \| Willard Brown \| Hogan
		Willard Brown was born June 11, 1915 making him the second born of a family destined to include 3 boys and 2 girls.
		Willard reports that the treatment he received by the Germans was respectful as should be accorded to an officer.
		Fortunately for Willard and the other POWs, the Geneva Convention had been signed after WWI and the people he dealt with were "honorable people performing their duty." He says, "My Experience with 2 years with the Germans in combat and as a POW found them to be respectful.
	www.clevelandseniors.com /people/wbrown.htm (1633 words)

	Brown, Willard - Negro Baseball Player
		In hopes of improving their fortunes, the Browns purchased the contracts of Henry Thompson and Willard Brown from the Negro League Kansas City Monarchs.
		Brown, 36 at the time, lasted 21 games with the St. Louis Browns and was released after batting.179.
		Willard Brown had already spent a legendary career as one of the best players in the Negro Leagues.
	www.nlbpa.com /brown__willard.html (349 words)

	Willard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Willard, condemned and hanged for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials of 1692
		Willard Zebedee "Bud" Estey, former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
		Willard Gibbs, linguist and professor of theology and sacred literature at Yale
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Willard (533 words)

	Willard Brown/Pitch Black Negro Leaguer of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Brown was a fan favorite in the Puerto Rican winter leagues where he was nicknamed "Esse Hombre" meaning "the man!" Brown won the Puerto Rican batting title 3 straight years ('47-'50) and had home runs totals of 18, 16 and 14 in the short season.
		Brown has something of a second career when he signed with Dallas of the Texas League in 1953 and, with his booming bat, became one of the most popular players in Minor League history.
		Brown was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006.
	www.pitchblackbaseball.com /nlotmwillardbrown.html (547 words)

	UConn Invite 2001 - Women
		Storrs, CT The Brown women's team is on a roll this spring as they head into the championship portion of their season.
		Brown got strong performances from all areas of the track and in the field, a balance that has been their strength for over a decade now.
		Brown will compete at the Penn Relays in the 4x100, 4x400, 4x800, 4x1500 relays as well as the 400 hurdles, the 3000 meters, and the pole vault April 24-26.
	www.brown.edu /Athletics/Track/Results/WomensResults/03womtfuconnout.htm (285 words)

	Descendants of Lemuel Brown
		Lemuel1 Brown (?A) was born 1828 in Louisville, Kentucky, and died Unknown.
		Clara Jane3 Brown (George Myers2, Lemuel1, ?A) was born September 23, 1907 in Evans, Montana, and died December 30, 1961 in Bremerton, Washington.
		Lucy Mildred4 Brown (Willard Edyth3, George Myers2, Lemuel1, ?A) was born September 14, 1918 in Browning, Montana, and died February 26, 1996 in Hamilton, Montana.
	www.bodeen.org /genealogy/trees/lemuel.html (6549 words)

	Football knocked over Ken Willard's baseball plans
		But Willard had other plans.He wanted to go to college, he said, but he had never told Mace Brown, partly because he liked to keep his options open and partly because he was fascinated that Brown was interested in him.
		Willard attributes his longevity to luck and his ability to "ride the saddle, " which he describes as the middle stage in the three stages of a professional player's career.
		Willard never did become a doctor, mainly because he failed chemistry at UNC and switched his major to history, political science, and religion.
	oncampus.richmond.edu /academics/journalism/willard.html (1186 words)

	Winston-Salem Journal \| Brown pleads guilty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Willard E. Brown pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and common-law robbery in the attack on Deborah Sykes in downtown Winston-Salem.
		Brown received a sentence of 10 years for the robbery charge, to be served in addition to the life sentence.
		The police knew that Brown had been identified by the victim in the second downtown rape as early as 1985, but they mistakenly thought that he was in prison the day of Sykes' murder, and did not pursue him as a suspect in her death.
	www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779718447&path=&s= (1355 words)

	Winston-Salem Journal \| Brown declines interview with panel on Sykes case
		Willard Brown, the man who confessed 2 1/2 years ago to killing Deborah Sykes in downtown Winston-Salem in 1984, has refused an interview request from a committee reviewing how police investigated the case.
		Brown is the latest in a series of people involved in the case who have refused to speak to investigators assigned to the committee.
		"Willard Brown is key to many parts of this review, particularly the issues of the other rapes that appear to be related," he said.
	www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149188497807&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099 (812 words)

	Willard Brown \| BaseballLibrary.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Brown was a longtime star with the Negro National League's Kansas City Monarchs.
		Brown played in the 1942 and 1946 Negro World Series, and hit a combined.304 with three HR and 14 RBI.
		Brown became a hero in Puerto Rico by winning three home run and three batting titles from 1946 through 1950, earning the nickname "El Hombre" - The Man. In 1947-48, he won the Triple Crown, hitting.432 with 27 HR and 86 RBI in 60 games.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Brown_Willard.stm (518 words)

	SITT - Willard Brown
		Although known primarily for his power, Brown won three batting titles with outstanding averages of 371 in 1937,.356 in 1938 and.333 in 1941.
		Brown, Turkey Stearnes and Mule Suttles are the greatest home run hitters in fl baseball not in the Hall of Fame today.
		Willard Brown stole bases standing up; he didn't slide because he didn't have to." Buck added, "Willard Brown could do all the things in baseball---hit, run, field, throw and hit for power.
	www.thediamondangle.com /sitt/brown.html (765 words)

	BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: Willard Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Willard Brown was definitely born in 1915 (confirmed by birth certificate, social security application, and census research).
		Brown's 1942 and 1943 stats may or may not be effected by this and the short WW2 deadball era that lasted from 1942 and into 1946.
		Brown's case is very difficult for the translator because of two features of his career that have no direct parallel in a major-league career: the walk rate issue and the multi-league issue.
	www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/hall_of_merit/discussion/willard_brown (14307 words)

	Willard Brown Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Willard Brown was born on Saturday, June 26, 1915, in Shreveport, Louisiana.
		Brown was 32 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 19, 1947, with the St. Louis Browns.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Willard Brown baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=brownwi02 (287 words)

	HENRY AND WILLARD
		Brown and Thompson, unlike Robinson and Doby, faced a mostly hostile reception by their fellow players and did not receive strong support from the white management.
		Willard Brown started in the outfield two days later on July 19.
		Thompson and Brown were dismissed from the Browns just over one month after being signed to the major leagues.
	www.aafla.org /9arr/JackieRobinson/jhtwb.htm (658 words)

	Past Honorees
		Willard L. Brown was the first African American attorney ever to sit as a judge in a court of record in West Virginia.
		An injunction filed by A. Brown (Attorney Brown's father), and sponsored by the NAACP, during Brown's tenure as president, resulted in a ruling by Federal Judge Moore that Negroes could eat in the airport facilities operated by Sky Chef, Inc. and that refusing to serve them was unconstitutional.
		Willard Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts and came to Charleston in 1913.
	www.wva.state.wv.us /civilrights/2005.htm (6120 words)

	Laury-Brown Genealogy Report
		Willard Brown, born 30 August 1804 in Windsor, Massachusetts; died 20 October 1878 in Myersville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
		James Calvin Brown, born 03 February 1833 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died 30 July 1915 in Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; married (1) Nancy Jane Sinkes 15 February 1855 in Vermilion County, Illinois; married (2) Anne Eliza Sinkes 15 November 1868 in Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois.
		Willard Brown, born 30 August 1804 in Windsor, Massachusetts; died 20 October 1878 in Myersville, Vermilion County, Illinois; married (1) Betsey Boardman Abt.
	www.laury-brown.net /documents/data/report_laury_brown.htm (11689 words)

	Wendell Brown — Willene Brown : ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wesley A. Brown was the sixth African American to enter the Naval Academy, and in 1949, he became the Academy's first African...
		Sunny Waitze, M.D. Wilfred Brown, M.D., F.A.C.S. - As the founder of...
		Willene Gipson Brown- Willene Gipson Brown was born to the union of the late Willie D. & Dessie Lorene Session Cozart Gipson on Aug. 15,...
	www.zoominfo.com /people/level2page5003.aspx (1128 words)

	Murder, Race, Justice: The State vs. Darryl Hunt
		In December 2003, Willard E. Brown confessed to the 1984 rape and stabbing death of Deborah Sykes after DNA testing linked him to the crime.
		The case against Willard Brown appears to be a 500-trillion-to-1 slam dunk for prosecutors.
		Willard Elliott Brown is being held in the Forsyth County Jail, serving a 60-day sentence for a probation violation.
	darrylhunt.journalnow.com /epilogue/epiloguebody.html (3224 words)

	Women's XC Opens 2003 Season on a Strong Note :: Brown women finish third against strong competition
		The Brown women harriers finished third overall against nine other teams in a meet at Boston's Franklin Park on September 12.
		Sophomore Anna Willard (Greenwood, ME) was the first finisher for Brown (8th place overall), with a 13 second PR of 18:14.
		Brown returns to action on September 27, at the Iona Meet of Champions at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City.
	brownbears.cstv.com /sports/w-track/recaps/091203aaa.html (214 words)

	Laury-Brown Documents
		James Calvin Brown and his family, with his half-brother Alonzo, in the home of the James Smith family in the 1860 census, Vermilion County, Illinois.
		Willard Brown and his family in the 1850 census, Vermilion County, Illinois.
		Willard's birthplace is given as New York, and James' appears to be Ohio.
	www.laury-brown.net /gendocs_l-b.htm (276 words)

	Negro League Baseball Message Board
		Re: Willard, posted by jason on 9/17/2004 3:58:31 PM i have a ted williams company trading card of a willard brown and it lists his d.o.b.
		Re: Re: Willard, posted by Wayne Stivers on 9/17/2004 4:55:37 PM Willard Brown passed away August 4, 1996 in Houston, Texas.
		Re: Re: Re: Re: Willard, posted by on 12/4/2004 4:45:39 PM I have done some research on Willard Brown for an unpublished article.
	www.nlbpa.com /message_view.asp?imsg=762 (252 words)

	USATODAY.com - Suspects get snared by a relative's DNA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The technicians concluded that Brown and the man they were seeking probably had inherited their DNA — a cellular acid that carries a person's unique genetic code — from the same parents.
		Last December, Willard Brown pleaded guilty to raping and killing Deborah Sykes in 1984 and was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years.
		But the Brown case reflects real-life advances in crime-solving: DNA science, known for its ability to pinpoint suspects' identities with virtual certainty, now is being used to help investigators simply get close to their targets.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-06-07-dna-cover_x.htm (2084 words)

	WXII12.com - News - Willard Brown Pleads Guilty In Sykes Murder
		Willard Brown pleaded guilty in Forsyth Superior Court.
		His attorney told Superior Court Judge Henry Frye that Brown had spent the night before the murder drinking and intended only to rob Sykes as she walked to work.
		Hunt, his wife and more than a dozen supporters were in the courtroom Thursday for the final chapter in the case.
	www.wxii12.com /news/4002749/detail.html (254 words)

	Brown Women's Cross Country Open Up 2002 Season With Perfect Score Against Harvard :: The Bears finished with a perfect ...
		Brown had the top five finishers on the day and ten of the top 11.
		Tying for third place, with times of 18:57, were freshman Anna Willard and senior Rosie Woodford.
		Rounding out the top ten for Brown were sophomore Julie Komosinski at seventh, junior Kristin Ware at eighth, freshman Annie Hatch at ninth and sophomore Emma Sarro at tenth.
	brownbears.cstv.com /sports/w-track/recaps/091402aaa.html (229 words)

	Brown Daily Herald - New regime has w. harriers focused on the future
		In her three years at Brown, Willard and her teammates had finished no higher than sixth place at Heps.
		Lake comes to Brown after spending eight years as the distance coach at Columbia, where she transformed the struggling Lions into the reigning Ivy League champions.
		Alex Brown '08 has made the transition to longer distances despite being recruited as a middle distance athlete.
	www.browndailyherald.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=af015452-a4ea-48f8-b4af-0f5d38e6dd84 (686 words)

	My Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sarah BROWN was born on 24 Sep 1742.
		Richard BROWNE was born in 1632 in Northamptonshire, England.
		She was married to John Carter BROWN in May 1859.
	okmls.com /jeanfam/d21.htm (418 words)

	BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: 1976 Ballot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Brown finally found one of Heath's bats, busted, in a trash bin, the knob was knocked off.
		What Brown wasn't ready to do was to face major league pitching in a clubhouse and dugout that was hostile to him, and without the type of bat he had used his entire career (a big heavy hot dog).
		Willard Brown - All the man did was hit; I think he's better than Suttles, who had similar OBP issues, high SLG, but was much less valuable defensively than Brown.
	baseballthinkfactory.org /files/hall_of_merit/discussion/1976_ballot (15178 words)

	The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Born in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of Ethel R. And Julian O. Brown, both deceased.
		He is survived by his wife of 59 years, June M. Brown; daughters, Denise Nuno of Dallas, Lynne Brown of Dayton, Ohio, Susan Norland of Falls Church, Va., Carol Erbach of Las Vegas; son, Neil Brown of Berlin; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
		Brown graduated from Hagerstown High School in Hagerstown in 1941 and the University of Maryland in 1950 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
	www.delmarvanow.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006605210313 (440 words)

	My Family
		Alice Brown's letter says that Willard Brown and his wife moved to a farm near Fort Collins, Colorado in 1905.
		Alice Brown says "I have a tendency to feel that he is not one of Willis Burton Brown's children." Parents: Willis Burton BROWN Sr.
		Jo Ann Browne and her daughter, Elizabeth, were killed in an auto accident on March 12, 1981.
	www.cdcd.vt.edu /kdf/fo/d38.html (854 words)

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