Norris Brown, Georgia football national champion tight end, dead at 65

Former Georgia Bulldogs tight end Norris Brown, who was a part of the 1980 national championship team, has died at age 65. Brown died last Friday, according to GoLaurens.com. He starred at Laurens District High School in South Carolina before heading to Athens in 1979, where he helped capture three consecutive SEC titles from 1980-82 in one of the most glorious eras in Bulldogs history under head coach Vince Dooley. The 1980 championship season saw the Bulldogs go a perfect 12-0 and defeat Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl to clinch their second national title in program history. Norris Brown, who played tight end for the University of Georgia’s national championship squad in 1980, died on July 31. Mack Rice Funeral and Cremations Brown caught 12 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns en route