Micah Brown

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Micah Brown
No. 3 – Halifax Harbour Hawks
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1986-06-12) June 12, 1986 (age 38)
Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school: TBT (FL)
Blake (FL) [1]
College: SMU Huskies [2]
Saint Paul's [3] [4]
Career history
Roster status:IR
Career highlights and awards
Olympic medal record
Men's American football
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Austria Team Competition

Micah Brown (born June 12, 1986) is a former professional quarterback in Halifax, Nova Scotia who owns BATLX, a football-specific training and athletic development facility and the Halifax Harbour Hawks football program. [13] Brown has played in the Canadian Football League (CFL), German Football League (GFL), Arena Football League (AFL), the United States national American football team and Canadian University Football for the Saint Mary's Huskies. [14] [15] [16] [17]

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High school

Born in Staten Island, NY, Brown moved to Tampa, FL and initially attended Tampa Bay Technical High School from 2000 to 2003. While at TBT (FL) he played basketball in addition to football. In the spring of 2003, his junior year, he transferred to Howard W. Blake High School. His junior and senior years he received All-District and All-County Honors along with Gatorade Player of the Year, Wendy's High School Heisman Award and the Elite 11 nominations.

Education

Professional career

Brown was allocated to the Roosters in July 2015 a day after winning the Polish Super Final X with the Seahawks Gdynia. [18] [19] Prior to his time in Poland, Brown was the offensive coordinator in addition to his role as quarterback, in Germany with the Marburg Mercenaries, where he kept the team in championship contention reaching the playoffs in the German Football League each his two years there. [20]

Brown was introduced to Marburg through a former teammate on the U.S. National Team, which won Gold in the World Championship 2011 in Austria. Other professional playing, coaching and organization developmental experiences include Canadian Football League, Arena football and other countries such as Switzerland, France, India, Italy, Canada and USA.

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  2. ↑ "Micah Brown | #9 | QB | Saint Mary's - Atlantic University Sport (AUS)".
  3. ↑ "Ciaa Football Kickoff Weekend! - Ciaa". Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "NCAAF on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games".
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Well traveled Micah Brown set to expand football development in return to Marburg, Germany". December 16, 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Account Suspended". en.plfa.pl.
  7. ↑ "LSFL Week 3 Recap". BigCountryHomepage.com. April 18, 2012. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Gold Medalist QB and 2-Time NCAA Champion Heading to Danville". November 25, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Micah Brown wieder ein Meanmachine". americansports.sport-heute.ch. February 25, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Helsinki Roosters Re-Sign Jaycen Taylor & Micah Brown for 2016". September 16, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Hall Of Fame: Micah Brown, QB".
  12. ↑ "Huskies claim fourth straight Loney Bowl". November 15, 2010.
  13. ↑ "O'Leary: Brown using BATLX, Harbour Hawks to grow Maritime talent". August 29, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Micah Brown, new quarterback of the Marburg Mercenaries". Europlayers.
  15. ↑ "Helsinki Roosters sign Micah Brown as their QB for rest of 2015 season • Roosters - Helsinki - Amerikkalainen jalkapallo". www.helsinkiroosters.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Home". batlx.com.
  17. ↑ "Home". halifaxharbourhawks.ca.
  18. ↑ "Helsinki Roosters Win Maple Bowl XXXVI for 4th Straight Title". September 13, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Micah Brown - American Football - Scoresway - Resultate, Spiele, Tabellen und Statistiken". de.scoresway.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016.
  20. ↑ "11.02.2013: Ein Football Globetrotter kommt nach Marburg".
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