october november american football quarterback won trophy playing ohio_state player win award given best college football player united_states school retired jersey number grew suburb cleveland ohio standout high school athlete despite small stature entered ohio_state work scholarship tried football team following year played reserve team coached won ohio_state national championship graduated year moved ohio_state dental school acting ohio_state football coach asked rejoin team taking advantage world war era rule allowing graduate students remaining eligibility play agreed helped lead record second place showing poll won named american season graduated dental school served dental officer years following discharge played professionally released signing won championship year retired playing moved los_angeles practice lived rest life inducted ohio_state athletics hall fame early life born croatian immigrants indiana family soon moved ohio suburb cleveland ohio attended starting played track basketball football teams 11th grade decided switch schools felt basketball teammates taking sport seriously family relocated enrolled rhodes high school cleveland rivals playing quarterback guided team seven straight wins team lost chance nomination play city championship graduated college career graduating attended work scholarship managed school football team small football player weighed pounds quick runner strong arm ohio_state football team disappointment finishing season win loss record head coach fired season replaced ohio high school coach guided series undefeated records state championships brown simplified ohio_state offense imposed level discipline organization absent reserve single wing offense team posted win loss tie record finished second big conference standings played games senior senior got carries ohio_state despite small frame brown recognized potential senior regular starter ohio_state main offensive weapons averaged yards carry victory pittsburgh scored touchdowns passed yards win illinois cleveland ohio_state ranked country poll early season fell rankings loss wisconsin october team won rest games including victory arch rival michigan end season passed yard touchdown caught yard touchdown pass michigan game ohio_state record big standings final poll giving school national championship expected college football career finished undergraduate degree year enrolled graduate program ohio_state football program struggled brown best players entered military world war assistant brown appointed acting head coach led team record following year asked return team taking advantage wartime rule allowed college programs use graduate students exhausted years college eligibility promised leading role team left level prominence denied brown agreed come veteran leader team composed older players service war breakout season gaining rushing yards purpose yards turned record finished second national polls highlights season included scoring winning touchdown ohio_state annual matchup michigan calling ohio_state offensive plays nicknamed playing coach named team american valuable player big season voted teammates ohio_state valuable player won trophy award given year best college football player country ohio_state player win remains winner played football previous season early played annual east west shrine game college star game ohio_state member fraternity military professional career graduating ohio_state dental school signed play national_football_league applied commission join sworn junior lieutenant august sent naval station great lakes illinois training practiced acted assistant brown entered navy coaching base football team served hawaii coached football team won service national championship later traveled assignment far china naval dental officer discharge navy speculation join cleveland new team coached brown contract joined team moved cleveland los_angeles led quarterback los_angeles finished season record rushed yards yards rushing season finished record took place nfl west division worked offseason los_angeles released signed week later closing dental office moving cleveland reunite brown primarily defense early season yard return touchdown game new_york_yankees ran touchdowns november game cleveland finished season record won fourth straight championship disbanded season absorbed nfl decided quit football practice california later life death got married season airline moved los_angeles coached little league football practiced california major los_angeles suburb rest life wife died got remarried years later met hawaii vacation married years death heart failure inducted member ohio_state athletics hall fame ohio_state retired number uniform years death inducted senior high school athletics hall fame awards honors national championship winner team american champion college football hall fame class ohio_state block varsity hall fame class senior high school hall fame class number retired ohio_state
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