Gordon Brown American football player
Francis Gordon "Skim" Brown (September 9, 1879 – May 10, 1911) was an American football player. He played football at Yale University from 1897 to 1900. In 1900, he captained the Yale football team which was referred to as the "Team of the Century". He was also an academic leader of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.After his college career, he entered the banking business, before he died from diabetes at age 31. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
