Alva, Okla.- Northwestern Oklahoma State Hall of Fame two-sport athlete H.L. Brown played four years with the Rangers starting in the fall season of 1963, passed away earlier this week.   

Brown lettered in baseball and basketball throughout his Northwestern career from 1963-1967. The Geary native was one of the first three African American student-athletes to enroll at Northwestern at the time in 1963.  

The dual-sport athlete did it all for the Ranger baseball team. He started his career during his freshman and sophomore years in baseball. He was Northwestern's winningest pitcher at the time. He was the winning pitcher in over half of the Red-and-Black win's in his first two years, as Brown was the winning pitcher in 16 of the 30 victories.  

In his final two years as a junior and senior year, he was the Rangers leading hitter in those two seasons as to when he would not pitch; he played outfield for the Red-and-Black.  

The Oklahoma native's basketball career was just as successful. He followed the footsteps of his high school basketball coach Keith Covey who also played for Northwestern. In his final two years with Northwestern, he helped the team post two winning seasons with a 15-9 record in 1966 followed by a 15-10 record in 1967. He finished his senior year second in scoring average per game with 13.9 per game and second in foul shooting with a 73.8 percent from the line. His 4.7 rebounds were good for third per game.  

Post Northwestern career Brown enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam in 1968-69 before moving to El Reno, where he lived. H.L. Brown was inducted into the Northwestern Oklahoma State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996. 

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