Ross Browner

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Ross Browner
Date of birth: March 22, 1954 (1954-03-22) (age 54)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Warren, Ohio
Career information
Position(s): Defensive end
College: Notre Dame
NFL Draft: 1978 / Round: 1/ Pick 8
Organizations
 As player:
1978-1986
1987
Cincinnati Bengals
Green Bay Packers
Career highlights and Awards
Awards: 1976 Outland Trophy
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

Ross Browner (born March 22, 1954, Warren, Ohio) is a former American football defensive end who played ten seasons in the NFL, mainly for the Cincinnati Bengals. In 1985 he jumped to the Houston Gamblers of the USFL, but returned the same season to the Bengals. He is the father of current Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Max Starks, and brother of Joey Browner and Keith Browner. During his senior year in college, he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the subheading of "Notre Dame's Peerless Ross Browner." Browner was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Ross Browner was named to the Cincinnati Bengals 40th Anniversary Team in 2007.

Preceded by
Lee Roy Selmon
Outland Trophy Winners
1976
Succeeded by
Brad Shearer