Charles Edward Brown (born September 13, 1942 in Heflin, Alabama) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Syracuse University, and in 1968, he played for the American Football League's Buffalo Bills. He finished his career in the Canadian Football League in 1969 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, where he returned an interception for 115 yards and a touchdown, at the time the second longest, and now the fifth longest return in league history.