Maceo Brown
| Date of birth | September 1, 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Maceo Brown (born September 1, 1995) is an American rugby union player. He plays for the United States national rugby sevens team as a center and as a forward.
Brown debuted for the U.S. national team at the 2018 Dubai Sevens.[1] He played regularly as a substitute for the U.S. throughout the 2018–19 season – including at the 2019 USA Sevens tournament, which the U.S. won[2] – in the absence of squad regular Maka Unufe, who was out for the season.
In his youth, Brown was a multi-sport athlete at Corona del Sol High School. He played American football and basketball, and started playing rugby at the age of 16. Brown attended college at Grand Canyon University where he played for the school's rugby team.[3]
Brown was selected for the USA Eagles sevens squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[4][5]
References
- ^ "USA Men's 7s Selected For Dubai", Goff Rugby Report, November 21, 2018.
- ^ "USA Ranked #1 in World After Winning Rugby Sevens Series on Home Turf", Sports Out West, John Zielonka, March 3, 2019.
- ^ "GCU men's Maceo Brown named to USA Falcons squad", GCU, October 4, 2018.
- ^ "USA names rosters for Sevens World Cup". Americas Rugby News. 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ Cahill, Calder (2022-09-01). "Men's Eagles Sevens touch down in Cape Town as Rugby World Cup Sevens roster is confirmed". eagles.rugby. Retrieved 2022-09-14.