Orlando Brown (American football)

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Orlando Brown
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Position(s):
Tackle
Jersey #(s):
77
Born: December 12, 1970 (1970-12-12) (age 37)
Washington, DC
Career Information
Year(s): 19932005
College: South Carolina State & Central State
Professional Teams
Career Stats
Games played     129
Games started     119
Fumble recoveries     3
Stats at NFL.com
Career Highlights and Awards
  • No notable achievements

Orlando Claude Brown (born December 12, 1970 in Washington, D.C.) was an American football player who played [[offensive tackle]He attended H.D. Woodson Senior High School. He was released by the Baltimore Ravens in March, 2006, and has previously played for the Cleveland Browns. He is currently not an active player. He attended South Carolina State University.

He is known for an incident during a pro football game at home in Cleveland on December 19, 1999 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. in which he was accidentally hit in the eye by penalty marker thrown by referee Jeff Triplette. An upset Brown shoved Triplette to the ground, and was forced to sit out three seasons because of the eye injury. He settled with the NFL for a reported amount of $25 million.