WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive tackle Doug Brown is retiring after an 11-year CFL career.
He had indicated last fall that 2011 was almost certainly his last season but the veteran player made it official today in Winnipeg.
The Bombers made it to the 2011 Grey Cup but lost to the B.C. Lions in Vancouver.
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Brown, 37, started his pro career in the NFL before spending 11 seasons in Canada, all with Winnipeg.
The Port Moody, B.C., native was an eight-time divisional all-star and was the CFL’s outstanding Canadian in 2001.
The Bombers encouraged fans to tweet their memories of the veteran player. Many did and so did other CFL players.
“The best DT in CFL history retires today,” tweeted Don Oramasionwu of the Edmonton Eskimos. “Lucky to have learned from a legend I my first 3 years in the league.”
Brown was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in 1997 but went straight from college to the NFL, where he spent time with Buffalo and Washington.
He played his first CFL season in 2001, joining the Bombers after they acquired his rights from the Stampeders.
Fans of the popular player took to Twitter to share their favourite memories of him using #DougBrown97:
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