RIP Jim Brown

[tom 48]

Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns and NFL legend, dies at 87

Jim Brown's legacy encompassed more than his time in the NFL, from which he retired as the league’s all-time leading rusher and became a Hall of Famer. It branched out to social activism and acting, and also included a complicated personal life.

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[Irwin20]

Condolences to Browns fans. The NFL lost one of the top RBs of all time. RIP Jim Brown.

 

[tom 48]

 

[Stirred not Shaken]

Brown was a great football player, but he was no role model.

 

[bruker]

He was also great at blowing up German officers.

 

[Foster]

I'm old enough to have watched him play and he was my 1st "favorite player". I was surprised to hear he was the 6th player taken in the 1957 draft. I had to look up the 1st 5 picks and they weren't too shabby. #1Paul Hornung #2 Jon Arnett #3John Brodie #4 Ron Kramer #5 Lenny Dawson

 

[algernonsidney]

I'm old enough to have watched him play and he was my 1st "favorite player". I was surprised to hear he was the 6th player taken in the 1957 draft. I had to look up the 1st 5 picks and they weren't too shabby. #1Paul Hornung #2 Jon Arnett #3John Brodie #4 Ron Kramer #5 Lenny Dawson

Thanks for sharing that information.

 

[clarkgriswold]

That was one complex dude. Athlete, actor, important in the civil rights movement, mentor who brought peace to gang wars, funded many black business startups...yet an occasionally violent man with a hear trigger temper.

 

[oldline70]

I was a little too young to see Jim Brown play. The medium in which I saw him consisted of grainy black and white slow motion replays of him running around, over and through the unlucky opponents who had to try and tackle him. I wish I'd been around to see him in person, or at least on TV in his prime.