RIP Jim Brown

**VeggieDog** · 05-19-23, 02:34 PM

**big joe 1212** · 05-19-23, 03:21 PM

Nobody remembers all the assault and battery charges

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 05-19-23, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by VeggieDog

Simply, one of the best. RIP, Jim.

**Snowball** · 05-19-23, 04:24 PM

great guy. retired too young because ball didn't pay back then,
but actually was an excellent actor.

if you want to check out a forgotten but awesome film with him in it, see.. Dark of the Sun (1968)

our fathers said he was the best ever...

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 05-19-23, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by Snowball

great guy. retired too young because ball didn't pay back then,
but actually was an excellent actor.

if you want to check out a forgotten but awesome film with him in it, see.. Dark of the Sun (1968)

our fathers said he was the best ever...

Guy was a thoroughbred. Nitschke shadowed Brown in 1965 title game:

1965 NFL Championship Game - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_NFL_Championship_Game

Hornung scored the 2nd half TD. And Paul looked SPENT after the TD.

Back when players had pride. Different era.

**stevenash** · 05-19-23, 04:30 PM

Before my time.

From video's I have seen, and the accounts I have read, and from what I have been told by the old timers that did see him play all pretty much say Brown was the greatest ever.

I don't the details about the assault charges, so I will not comment.

**Snowball** · 05-19-23, 04:44 PM

he would literally carry guys trying to tackle him 10 yards.

**bjb7223** · 05-19-23, 04:45 PM

great lacrosse player

**stevenash** · 05-19-23, 04:53 PM

^
I read that too.
Syracuse legend.

**Ghenghis Kahn** · 05-19-23, 04:58 PM

He was a commentator for UFC 1

RIP

**str** · 05-19-23, 05:09 PM

Originally posted by bjb7223

great lacrosse player

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Guy was a thoroughbred. Nitschke shadowed Brown in 1965 title game:

1965 NFL Championship Game - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_NFL_Championship_Game

Hornung scored the 2nd half TD. And Paul looked SPENT after the TD.

Back when players had pride. Different era.

Certainly one of the all time greatest.

RIP big guy.

**TheMoneyShot** · 05-19-23, 05:54 PM

Wish I got a chance to see him play live... a few say he was one step ahead of Barry Sanders. In my opinion no one was ever better than Barry. RIP

**Mac4Lyfe** · 05-19-23, 07:34 PM

Originally posted by Snowball

great guy. retired too young because ball didn't pay back then,
but actually was an excellent actor.

if you want to check out a forgotten but awesome film with him in it, see.. Dark of the Sun (1968)

our fathers said he was the best ever...

Thanks for this movie recommendation. I always wanted to watch it but somehow forgot about it. I'm putting it in my to view list.

**Mac4Lyfe** · 05-19-23, 07:47 PM

Originally posted by Snowball

great guy. retired too young because ball didn't pay back then,
but actually was an excellent actor.
if you want to check out a forgotten but awesome film with him in it, see.. Dark of the Sun (1968)
our fathers said he was the best ever...

My father was a Browns season ticket holder for many, many years. He would tell me how incredible Brown was as an athlete, not just in football. He lettered in Football, Lacrosse, Baseball, Basketball and Track. He's considered one of the best Lacrosse players ever. They had to change the rules of Lacrosse and holding the stick because of his dominance. He averaged 38 ppg in basketball which was a Long Island record that was eventually broken by Red Sox's Carl Yastrzemski.

He left the game in his prime like Barry Sanders but had a great acting career and was very active in civil rights. Brown could go into gang territories and have bloods and crips sit at the same table and honor truces. He is the Godfather of Cleveland. May he rest in peace.

**JIBBBY** · 05-19-23, 08:41 PM

Jimmy! Solid running back and human being, BLM...

**19th Hole** · 05-19-23, 09:01 PM

RIP Jim Brown

Legend...All Time Great!!

Succeeded in all endeavors.

Had no idea that he was 87, he didn't look a day over 86.

**Kermit** · 05-19-23, 09:55 PM

RIP to one of the greats.

**JIBBBY** · 05-19-23, 10:13 PM

Originally posted by 19th Hole

RIP Jim Brown

Legend...All Time Great!!

Succeeded in all endeavors.

Had no idea that he was 87, he didn't look a day over 86.

...

**OldBill** · 05-20-23, 10:35 AM

Jim Brown, Football Great and Civil Rights Champion, Dies at 87

After a Hall of Fame career in the N.F.L., he pursued social activism and Hollywood stardom, but his image was stained by accusations of abuse toward women.

Brown was voted football’s greatest player of the 20th century by a six-member panel of experts assembled by The Associated Press in 1999. A panel of 85 experts selected by NFL Films in 2010 placed him No. 2 all time behind the wide receiver Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers.

read it all here https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/s...rown-dead.html

**TheMoneyShot** · 05-20-23, 10:49 AM

Old Bill you're a day late pal

**stevenash** · 05-20-23, 10:56 AM

Originally posted by OldBill

After a Hall of Fame career in the N.F.L., he pursued social activism and Hollywood stardom, but his image was stained by accusations of abuse toward women.

Brown was voted football’s greatest player of the 20th century by a six-member panel of experts assembled by The Associated Press in 1999. A panel of 85 experts selected by NFL Films in 2010 placed him No. 2 all time behind the wide receiver Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers.

read it all here https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/s...rown-dead.html

Bill?
The search engine is your friend.

I've been guilty of this too in the past, I'm just poking some fun at ya.

I merged your thread into this one.