Amon-Ra St. Brown is among the most unique people in the world, and he showed off why even before the Detroit Lions kicked off their game in Germany.
For one thing, St. Brown is a member of the infinitesimally small percentage of people who have made it to the NFL as a player. Within that group, he's part of an even smaller percentage to make multiple All-Pro first teams. Narrowing it down even further, St. Brown is one of the only people on the planet to have both of those things be true and be trilingual.
Before the Lions face the New England Patriots in Munich, St. Brown showed off two of the three languages he speaks at his Nov. 13 press conference: German and English. The Lions' wideout began his media availability session speaking fluent
German before switching back into English after a few sentences.
Why is Amon-Ra St. Brown fluent in German?
St. Brown's mother, Miriam, is from Leverkusen and only spoke German to the wide receiver when he was growing up, according to an interview he did with Sky Sports in 2021. St. Brown also told the British media outlet that he spent summers in Germany during his youth, visiting his grandparents and playing soccer.
As a result, the Lions' star receiver has had dual German-American citizenship since childhood. In 2015, when he was still in high school, St. Brown and his brother Osiris played for Germany's national U19 American football team. With the St. Browns, the squad finished second in the European Junior Championships.
In addition to German, St. Brown also speaks French. He attended a French international school when he was in elementary school, and he lived in France for a short time during his childhood as well, according to Sky Sports and the Los Angeles Times.
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