Mel Brown

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMelvin "Mel"•Brown
Used nameMel•Brown
Born22 July 1935 in Athabasca, Alberta (CAN)
Died12 November 2019 in North Vancouver, British Columbia (CAN)
AffiliationsBritish Columbia Totems
NOC Canada

Biography

The pinnacle of Mel Brown’s basketball career came in 1956, when he was selected as part of the Canadian delegation to the tournament at that year’s summer Olympics in Melbourne. There, the Canadians placed ninth overall after losing two of their three games in round one, but winning their classification match against Australia; Brown played in all four contests. He was much more successful as a coach, most notability as the head of the Vancouver IGA Grocers, who won three consecutive Canadian national championships from 1966 through 1968. With his team, he was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1997 and the British Columbia Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. Brown also played handball, baseball, racquetball, and golf and by career was a businessman with Simson Maxwell Ltd, a manufacturing company.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) CAN Mel Brown
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Canada 9