Probably the greatest
fullback in NFL history, Jim Brown is one of only four players to average at least 5 yards per carry over an
NFL career.
Dick Schaap, longtime sports journalist, called Jim Brown the greatest
lacrosse player of all time. He shoots in the seventies in golf and was a track and baseball star. When he retired from football at the incredibly early age of 29, he was the all time leader in rushing in NFL history, a record which stood for nearly 20 years until broken by
Walter Payton. He played his entire career for the
Cleveland Browns. He
never missed a game in his NFL career, averaged a record 104.3 yards per game, and 5.2 yards per carry over a dominant career.
After football, Brown appeared in numerous films, most famously The Dirty Dozen. He also founded businesses and foundations designed to develop the inner cities. One of his organizations provided funding for the R&B group Friends of Distinction.