Johnny Mack Brown
Born: September 1, 1904, Dothan, Alabama
Died: November 14, 1974 (age 70), Woodland
Hills, California
 Johnny
Mack Brown was an All-American college football
player and film actor.
What do you know about Johnny Mack Brown? Try this
quick quiz.
1. Brown was a star of the high school football team.
He earned a football scholarship. Who did he play
football for?
- University of Alabama
- University of Southern California
- University of Michigan
2. In that year's Rose Bowl Game, he earned Most
Valuable Player honors after scoring two of his team's
three touchdowns in an upset win over the heavily
favored Washington Huskies. It earned him portrayed on a
cereal box. What was the cereal box?
- Cheerios
- Wheaties
- Shredded Wheat
3. He was cast as the star in a western movie
entitled Billy the Kid and directed by King
Vidor. Who played Pat Garrett?
- John Wayne
- Wallace Beery
- William Wellman
4. In 1930, Brown played Joan Crawford's love
interest in Montana Moon.
5. The legendary Lost Generation celebration of
alcohol, The Last Flight (1931), and was being
groomed by MGM as a leading man until being replaced on
a film in 1931, with all his scenes reshot. Who replaced
him in the role?
- John Wayne
- Wallace Beery
- Clark Gable
6. In his westerns, what was his horse's name?
7. Brown married Cornelia "Connie" Foster. They had 4
children. What year did they get married?
8. What was the cause of Brown's death?
- Heart failure
- Lung cancer
- Prostrate cancer
9. Where is Johnny Mack Brown buried?
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale,
California
- Holy Trinity Cemetery, Dothan, Alabama,
- Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood,
California
Check Your Answer
1. University of Alabama
2. Wheaties
3. Wallace Beery
4. Fact
5. Clark Gable
6. Rebel
7. 1926
8. Heart failure
9. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale,
California
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