COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland Athletics Hall of Famer Tom Brown has passed away at the age of 84. Brown was a two-sport star for the Terrapins, earning All-American and All-ACC honors in baseball and football. He went on to win two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers and played in the major leagues with the Washington Senators. 

He's the first athlete to win both a Super Bowl and hit a home run in a major league baseball game and the only one other than Deion Sanders to do so.

At Maryland, he was a first-team All-American in baseball, playing outfield with the Terps hitting .449 in 1962 and finished a career batting average of .387. On the gridiron he was a star defensive back and wide receiver with the Terps. He had 47 receptions, scored six touchdowns as well as intercepting six passes on defense in 1962. He was drafted in the NFL (second round) with the Packers and AFL (third round) with Buffalo. 

The Packers selected Brown in the second round of the 1963 NFL Draft, but had to wait a year before he decided to pursue a pro football career. A little more than three months after the Packers had drafted him, Brown signed a baseball contract with the Washington Senators. Brown batted .312 in spring training and played in 61 games for the Senators in 1963, including being the team's starting first baseman on opening day in 1963. 

In July of 1963, Brown left the Senators and signed with the Packers. Brown was a starting safety on the Green Bay Packers' three-peat NFL champions from 1965-67. Over the next four seasons (1964-68), Brown started all but one game for the Packers. He also started in three straight NFL championship games from 1965-67 and in Super Bowls I and II. The highlight of his career was a game-saving interception in the closing seconds of the Packers' 34-27 victory over Dallas in the 1966 NFL title game. He finished his career with the Washington Redskins in 1969. 

Born in Laureldale, Pennsylvania, Brown graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring before attending Maryland. He was residing Salisbury, Maryland. From 1989 to 2015, Brown ran a little league in Salisbury for children ages 5–12 called Tom Brown's Rookie League. The sports included in the league were flag football, baseball and basketball.