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John E. Brown, Jr.

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Former university president John E. Brown Jr. is arguably one of the most influential figures in JBU athletics history.

After succeeding his father John E. Brown Sr. as president in 1948, Brown Jr. reinstituted varsity athletics in the fall of 1958 with men’s basketball, track and cheerleading. Thirty seven years prior, in 1921, inter-varsity athletics was discontinued due to injuries and lack of practice time.

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