Jim Brown
 

The goat is gone.

The original JB!! What a man. RIP

Is Jim the brother of bad, bad Leroy?

I was a young teenager when he retired from football. He was amazing. Growing up in Chicago and a Chicago Bear season ticket holder from 1970 - 1992, Walter Payton was constantly compared to him. Two different styles. Jim Brown punished his opponents.

RIP.

Apparently he also punished many women in his life .

Walter Payton the one and only Sweetness.

Yes, quite a few episodes on record.

And nothing wrong with pointing this out.

A reminder for all that no one is perfect.

Including me.

The man accomplished a lot in his lifetime and much of it worthy of praise.

A shame there was this "other side" of him.

I try not to besmirch those no longer with us - at this point just mention that which you appreciated and move on, I guess.

Heck - Jim might be the first one to admit he was no angel.

Who are we to argue?

Indeed.

Overall however, what he did for young black men over the course of his life is rather astounding. In that respect, his voice will not be replaced

RIP Jim Brown.

Always liked this highlights reel. (Video cannot be embedded)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6cCXNBeVfc&ab_channel=DonnieLewis

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1684621565.jpg

RIP.

Glad my dad did not live to see this. He was a die-hard Browns fan. When Lou Groza died he acted like it was the end of professional football. Jim Brown's passing would have sent him over the edge.

You might want to turn the sound off before watching this. Who thought that racket was a good idea?

Jim Brown retired in 1965. Let this sink in:

Their [the Browns] starting offensive line averaged 6'3" and 238 pounds. Brown was 6'2" and 230 or so, with elite speed, balance and toughness.

And he was a "better" Lacrosse player at Syracuse.

Mr. Brown was a glimpse of the future when he retired. Remarkable.

BTW, the NFL is better when the Browns and Bengals of the league are relevant.

Agreed. We're coming up on 40 years since the Browns were relevant.
Seems like "The Drive" killed them forever. I miss the days of Bernie, Mac, and Byner.

I've lost much of my interest in sports of all kinds. My interest in F1 faded along with the influence of the DFV (not that I had any special interest in that engine - it's just coincidene). Can Am was exciting when McClaren and 917s were dukeing it out and Trans AM was fun when I could relate to the cars.

[QUOTE=wdfifteen;12004757]I've lost much of my interest in sports of all kinds./QUOTE]

I DVR sports exclusively...even if I want to watch the game - 49'er's still matter but I have not seen an NBA or baseball game from start to finish in over a decade...and I loved baseball and the Giants.

The NFL has some really great young players that I enjoy watching - their "story": win or lose I want them to do well in what is arguably the most difficult competition there is.

Which player is Mac?

Art Modell killed the Browns, not Elway.

He fired Paul Brown. He fired Bill Belichick. He moved the Browns to Baltimore.

But I'm not angry.

JB was just way before my time .... he must have been a monster in his day.

[QUOTE=Seahawk;12004765] ahem...NHL playoffs my brother. SmileWavy

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I went to a hockey game once. We sat for over an hour and there was only one score. It was so boring everyone went home after the 3rd quarter.

Kevin Mack (sorry about the misspelling).

So many great players on the '85 team.

Yes, Art really screwed Cleveland. My friend owned the Brown's newspaper and he was supportive of Modell. I wasn't, and we had some real "discussions" over it.

Me: Modell's fault. Baltimore gave him a bigger welfare check and he abandoned his own home town for the $$$.
Rick: Cleveland's fault because his home town didn't give Art a big enough welfare check. Money talks, loyalty is for suckers.

I was right. :D

My dad was a hyper sports freak and especially football; college, pro, even HS. When he died, I found pro football players guides from 1961 that he kept. He thought that Jim Brown was the greatest athlete he ever saw, at least back in the '80s when he told me that. I remember that he said that JB was 50 years old and that he could go back and play in the NFL today, (when he said it).

My favorite quote in the NYT obit was from someone who once had the try to stop him: “All you can do is grab, hold, hang on and wait for help,” Sam Huff, the Hall of Fame middle linebacker for the Giants and the Washington team now known as the Commanders, once told Time magazine. :D

Anyone see/remember the 1968 movie "Dark of the Sun"? JB was in it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_of_the_Sun


"The film was considered extremely violent for its time showing scenes of civilians being raped and tortured by Simbas. One contemporary reviewer was moved to comment that the director's main objective appeared to be to pack as much sadistic violence into the film's two hours as he could. On the subject of violence director Jack Cardiff commented: "Although it was a very violent story, the actual violence happening in the Congo at that time was much more than I could show in my film; in my research I encountered evidence so revolting I was nauseated. The critics complained of the violent content, but today it would hardly raise an eyebrow."[2]"

My brother took me see it at a drive in when I was 9 yo. My God it scared the **** out of me.