Just heard that Jim Brown passed away at age 87.
Been around a long time.
Jim Brown & Dick Butkus were the 2 best players I've ever seen.
Just heard that Jim Brown passed away at age 87.
Been around a long time.
Jim Brown & Dick Butkus were the 2 best players I've ever seen.
Who Knows? The Shadow knows!
The GOAT among RBs (FBs in his day).
"There's a lot of interest in the draft. It's great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don't know anything about what they are talking about."--Ted Thompson
I'm not going to stop the wheel. I'm going to break the wheel.
One of the best ever. Telling Modell to fuck off when he was the best player in the league was epic. His treatment of women, not so great.
I personally liked him, didn't know too much about the off the field stuff, just that he was a larger than life guy that was the best at what he did.
He was great in The Dirty Dozen.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
Art Modell would be the one guy who could figure out a way to lose a footrace to an elderly one-legged midget.
Jim Brown I don't recall seeing as a kid, but I did read about him as a kid, and have seen some highlights. From what I read, yes, the best running back ever. Don't even know what other running back you'd compare him to. He could run people over like Earl Campbell or he could glide by them like Gale Sayers.
As a human being, he seems on par with, say, Ahman Green. A complicated fella.
"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
KYPack
Like Harv said he is the GOAT among RBs. At a time when you could pretty much murder someone on the field he absolutely dominated. Off the field? Well he did throw his girlfriend off a balcony once.
C.H.U.D.
Plus he was the GOAT Lacrosse player.
C.H.U.D.