Former Buffalo Bills running back Curtis Brown died Thursday in St. Louis, according to a report from KDSK-TV in St. Louis. The 60-year-old was being treated for football-related dementia when he suffered a heart attack on Saturday.
Brown was a third-round draft choice of the Bills and played six of his seven NFL seasons with Buffalo from 1977-82. His best year with the Bills came in 1978 when he rushed for 591 yards on 128 attempts – the year he took over the backfield after O.J. Simpson was traded to San Francisco.
Brown also cracked the 500-yard mark in the next two seasons, 1979 and 1980.