Sonny Brown

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Position: Safety
Personal information
Born: (1963-11-12) November 12, 1963 (age 60)
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, U.S.
Career information
College: Oklahoma
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:2
Games started:0

Clifton D. (Sonny) Brown (born November 12, 1963) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played with the Houston Oilers during the 1987 season and was a member of the 1985 National Champions Oklahoma Sooners. Brown was named the MVP of the Orange Bowl in 1986 that earned the Sooners a national championship. He attended high school at Alice High School in Alice, Texas.

NFL career

Due to the players strike, Brown played in only 2 games of the 1987 NFL season and recorded no stats.


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