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Born Robert G. Brown and known by everyone as "Shorty", he was raised on a ranch in Dade City, Florida. As a teenager he competed in steer wrestling and bull riding and qualified for the National High School Rodeo Association finals in 1980. His dream was to be a professional bull rider, but later decided that bull fighting was a safer profession. Shorty became a bullfighter and traveled across America working for 20 or more rodeos a year. It didn't take long before he was known as "Downtown Shorty Brown" a nick name that followed him his entire career. Shorty's athletic ability and sense of humor won him several honors. Because he was so colorful he was photographed often and was given a half page in the "Greasepaint Matadors, The Unsung Heroes of Rodeo, by Jeanne Joy Hartnagle-Taylor(ISBN: 0-931866-56-1) Pg.98. His only talent wasn't bull fighting, he would also entertain between events pleasing the crowd with skits. Sometimes alone, but often with the help of other clowns. This won him the "Coors Light Man in the Can" title and his barrel was adorned with a Coors Light emblem.  Shorty was proud to be a member of the PRCA and the Wrangler Bullfight Tours, he loved working with the community and Florida Special Olympics. In addition to being a Rodeo Clown he would also enter bull fighting competitions where he won a few.  His home was the Florida Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee, Florida, his favorite place to work.  Shorty retired in 1999 where he continues to work as a rancher.