CLEMSON, S.C. —

Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame linebacker Marlon “Bubba” Brown, the school’s all-time leading tackler, passed away Monday night in a nursing facility in Etowah, Tenn. after a long illness. He was 67.

Brown lettered for the Tigers from 1976-79, and 46 years after he played his last game, his 515 career tackles are still the most in school history. Brown recorded 75 tackles as a freshman and 120 as a sophomore, second-most on the team. He led the Tigers in tackles in 1978 with 170 and once again paced the team in 1979 with 150 as a senior.

Brown, a native of Loudon, Tenn., was inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame in 1999. He earned first-team All-ACC honors as a junior in 1978 when he helped the Tigers to an 11-1 record, the ACC Championship and a No. 6 final ranking in t

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