Grady Brown plans to share the history of Silver Grove through the lens of hometown sports.
A native of the Campbell County city, Brown’s love for sports began at a young age when his parents first took him to local high school games. Now, he is the featured guest speaker at an upcoming NKY History Hour set for Wednesday, July 13.
For Brown, Silver Grove became the stage where he admired the players, aspiring to play one day himself.
From wiffleball to his own invention of “Dice Baseball,” Grady found a love and talent for sports that stayed with him throughout his childhood. He went on to play varsity baseball and basketball at Silver Grove High School and baseball at Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Georgia and then Northern Kentucky University as the first-ever junior college baseball recruit at the institution. He later coached baseball at Newport High School for nearly 40 years.
He is a member of eight Halls of Fame including the Brewton Parker College Hall of Fame in Southeast Georgia, the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame, the Northern Kentucky Athletic Directors Hall of Fame, the Kentucky Baseball Hall of Fame, the Newport High School Hall of Fame (twice), the Northern Kentucky Umpires Hall of Fame and the Kentucky Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.
Newport Baseball Field is named in his honor.
NKY History Hour is a virtual event organized by the Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington. To register for the event, visit bcmuseum.org.