| Date of birth: | March 22, 1954 |
| Place of birth: | Warren, Ohio |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Defensive end |
| College: | Notre Dame |
| NFL Draft: | 1978 / Round: 1/ Pick 8 |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1978-1986 1987 |
Cincinnati Bengals Green Bay Packers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Awards: | 1976 Outland Trophy 1976 UPI Lineman of the Year 1977 Maxwell Award 1977 Lombardi Award 1977 UPI Lineman of the Year |
| Honors: | 2× All-American (1976, 1977) All-Rookie (1978) |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Ross Browner (born March 22, 1954, Warren, Ohio) is a former American football defensive end who played ten seasons in the NFL, mainly for the Cincinnati Bengals. In 1985 he jumped to the Houston Gamblers of the USFL, but returned the same season to the Bengals. He is the father of current Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Max Starks, and brother of Joey Browner and Keith Browner. During his senior year in college, he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the subheading of "Notre Dame's Peerless Ross Browner." Ross Browner was named to the Cincinnati Bengals 40th Anniversary Team in 2007.
Ross Browner was one of the most decorated defensive players in the history of College Football. He was a four-year starter at defensive end in 1973 and 1975-77. He was a unanimous All-America his junior and senior seasons of 1976 and 1977. In 1976 he won the Outland trophy as the nation's best interior or defensive lineman also in 1976 United Press International named him Lineman of the Year. He won the Lombardi Trophy as the nation's best lineman and the Maxwell Award as the nation's best player and again won the UPI Lineman of the Year Award, the only player ever to win it twice. In the decade of the 1970s, Browner was the only lineman who won the Maxwell. In 1977 he also placed fifth in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
Notre Dame had a 39-7 record in his time that covered 11-0 in 1973, 8-3 in 1975, 9-3 in 1976, and 11-1 in 1977. Notre Dame won National Championships in 1973 and 1977. His career statistics record 340 tackles, a school record; ten deflected passes, two blocked kicks. He also scored a touchdown and two safeties. Browner was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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| Preceded by Lee Roy Selmon |
Outland Trophy Winners 1976 |
Succeeded by Brad Shearer |
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