Brown impressed by K-State’s growth

Former Kansas State running back Larry Brown is honored prior to the Wildcats’ annual spring game last April in Kansas City, Kan.When Larry Brown went to Dodge City to play football in 1965, he had to adjust to a fear of tornadoes and the unfamiliar smell of feed yards.

Moving to Kansas from Clairton, Pa., just out side of Pittsburgh, was a big change for Brown, but he has fond memories of the time he spent playing football at Dodge City Community College and eventually Kansas State for two seasons, 1967-68.

But after Brown left Manhattan in 1969 following the NFL Draft — selected 191st by the Washington Redskins — he never returned to the Little Apple again.

Brown finally made it back on…