As John Brown’s Missouri basketball career wrapped up in 1973, then-coach Norm Stewart decided to honor his first true star player by naming one of his final home games “John Brown Day.”
But Brown wasn’t able to fully participate in the event after an opposing player baited him into a fight, which got both ejected.
“You can’t throw him out,” Stewart told an official. “It’s John Brown Day.”
“God Norm, I wish you told me that earlier,” the official replied. “I never would have kicked him out.”
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Brown should have no problems on Saturday with an event in his honor, as Missouri will retire his No.