ROBERT L. BROWN

Robert Brown grew up in Detroit and, despite a withered right arm, became one of Michigan's top basketball players in the late 1970s. He earned All City, All Metro, All Public School League, and All State honors as the MVP of Northwestern High School's basketball team. After his senior season, he was also selected to the McDonald's All-America High School Basketball Team. After graduation, he attended Pensacola Junior College where was named to the All-Conference First Team and earned a spot on the Junior College All America Team; A severe knee injury the following year ended his playing career. Brown returned to the gym in 1993, not as a player, but as a basketball coach and physical education teacher at Loyola High School. To serve the children in his community, he later established United Youth 2000, a non-profit summer program that provides boys and girls with a safe and caring environment in which to learn the fundamentals of basketball, the benefits of hard work, and traditional values.