Bob (Boomer) Brown Through the Years

Offense tackle Bob Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles is shown, Dec. 17, 1968. (AP Photo/Bill Ingraham)

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Bob (Boomer) Brown

Offense tackle Bob Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles is shown, Dec. 17, 1968. (AP Photo/Bill Ingraham)

Bill Ingraham/1968 AP

Bob Brown poses with his bust after his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

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Bob (Boomer) Brown

Bob Brown poses with his bust after his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

RON SCHWANE/2004 AP

Barry Sanders, John Elway, Carl Eller, and Bob Brown, from left to right, pose with his busts after their induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

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Barry Sanders, John Elway, Carl Eller, Bob (Boomer) Brown

Barry Sanders, John Elway, Carl Eller, and Bob Brown, from left to right, pose with his busts after their induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

RON SCHWANE/2004 AP

Offensive tackle Bob Brown speaks at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Sunday, Aug. 8 , 2004 in Canton, Ohio. Brown, John Elway, Barry Sanders, and Carl Eller were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Sunday as the Class of 2004. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Bob (Boomer) Brown

Offensive tackle Bob Brown speaks at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Sunday, Aug. 8 , 2004 in Canton, Ohio. Brown, John Elway, Barry Sanders, and Carl Eller were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Sunday as the Class of 2004. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

TONY DEJAK/2004 AP

Robert "Bob" Brown, 6-foot-4 University of Nebraska guard, was picked by Denver in the first round of the American Football League draft, Nov. 30, 1963 at Lincoln, Nebraska. (Associated Press)

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Bob (Boomer) Brown

Robert "Bob" Brown, 6-foot-4 University of Nebraska guard, was picked by Denver in the first round of the American Football League draft, Nov. 30, 1963 at Lincoln, Nebraska. (Associated Press)

AP1963

Bob Brown, center 269-pound guard from University of Nebraska, gets double congratulations from both Bobby Walston, left and Billy Joe, right, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel after receiving the news that he was the number one draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles, Dec. 2, 1963, New York. He also was the number one draft choice of the Denver Broncos of the American Football League. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

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Bob (Boomer) Brown

Bob Brown, center 269-pound guard from University of Nebraska, gets double congratulations from both Bobby Walston, left and Billy Joe, right, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel after receiving the news that he was the number one draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles, Dec. 2, 1963, New York. He also was the number one draft choice of the Denver Broncos of the American Football League. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

Marty Lederhandler/1963 AP

Bob Brown, 269-pound guard from University of Nebraska, poses in his room at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel after receiving the news that he was the number one draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles, Dec. 2, 1963, New York. He also was the number one draft choice of the Denver Broncos of the American Football League. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

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Bob (Boomer) Brown

Bob Brown, 269-pound guard from University of Nebraska, poses in his room at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel after receiving the news that he was the number one draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles, Dec. 2, 1963, New York. He also was the number one draft choice of the Denver Broncos of the American Football League. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

Marty Lederhandler/1963 AP

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