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HE’S considered one of the greatest players to ever suit up in a Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) uniform.
Ricardo Brown, better known as Ricky Brown, will become the first Fil-Am inducted to the PBA Hall of Fame in October but his legacy does not end on the hardwood floor.
Brown’s days of leading a basketball team to a championship may be long gone but these days, he has a much larger team counting on him.
As the first Filipino principal in the Artesia school district, Brown leads about 700 students and staff at Faye Ross Middle School in Artesia. Ross Middle School is a highly distinguished magnet school of creative media and arts about 20 miles South East of Los Angeles.
Just like his days on the PBA hardwood, Brown is a perfectionist and he’s brought along what he learned on the basketball court to his administration job.
"This [being a principal] is a more pressure packed job – you’re dealing with kids, parents, teachers, the community, district officials, being measured by the state and federal government with testing," said Brown to the Asian Journal. "In this profession, you have to embrace collaboration and teamwork. On a basketball team, you can’t be successful unless you are able to come together as a team. I have such a wonderful and dedicated staff here at Ross Middle School. It’s like a basketball coach. When you have players willing to go through a brick wall to win that’s this staff here."
A PBA Legend
For about eight years, Brown played the point guard position in the PBA and his basketball prowess earned him the nickname "Quick Brown Fox" for his ability to run circles around defenders and create basket opportunities for his teammates.
Brown became the first FilAm to play in the PBA in the early 1980’s.
After graduating from Pepperdine, he was drafted by the Houston Rockets in the third round of the 1979 NBA draft but was later released to the then San Diego Clippers.
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