Bill Brown is an American

United States

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 baseball announcer who has been with the Houston Astros

Houston Astros

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 since 1987. He is often called "Brownie" by his play by play partner Jim Deshaies

Jim Deshaies

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. He has developed a reputation for being a solid broadcaster that often plays the part of the straight man to Deshaies' humorous asides. Brown was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Texas Sports Hall of Fame

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 on November 12. 2004.

Brown did play-by-play for the Cincinnati Stingers

Cincinnati Stingers

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 Television Newtwork for the 1975-76 season and the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 Television Network from 1976-1982. He worked four years with Ken Coleman

Ken Coleman

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 and another four years with Ray Lane

Ray Lane

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. Brown also called Xavier Musketeers

Xavier Musketeers men's basketball

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 and Cincinnati Bearcats

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball

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 basketball and Cincinnati Swords

Cincinnati Swords

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 hockey early in his career, and was a senior producer and anchor of the Financial News Network

Financial News Network

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's SCORE

SCORE (television)

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 programing and sports director of the Sports Time

Sports Time

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Cable Network.

Brown lives in Houston with his wife, Dianne. Their only daughter, Allison is the mother of Brown's two grandchildren: Luke, 3, and Emma Kate, 1.