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Horace Brown

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Also known as Hal Brown

American long-distance runner

Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • Whispering City

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1933-05-03
Active to
2006-12-25
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Listeners
31,774
Total plays
170,629

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Horace Brown was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the son of a Baptist minister. Despite singing in the church as a child, Brown never believed he would sing for a career. Instead, he dreamed of one day being a professional basketball player. However, a knee injury ruined these plans. Brown played a variety of instruments in his school's marching band and managed to score a break when DeVante Swing of Jodeci heard one of Brown's demos. Brown earned spots doing backup for Christopher Wil

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Brown
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Morris County
Place of death
Houston
Educated at
Williams College
Participant in
1920 Summer Olympics
Country for sport
United States
Mass
66
Height
172
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date of birth
1898-03-03
date of death
1983-12-25
sports discipline competed in
3000 metres
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