His Work with Youth

Oct 6, 2015 ... To his football heirs—from Barry Sanders to Adrian Peterson—he's the one player by which their own greatness is measured. May 19, 2023 ... The NFL legend, actor and social activist has died aged 87. In a football career spanning 1957 through 1965 he led the Cleveland Browns to their last NFL title. Jim Brown is to running backs what Superman is to cartoon heroes. ... At mostly white Manhasset High School, Brown earned 13 letters playing football, basketball, ... May 24, 2023 ... If I didn't care about the Cleveland Browns and the NFL, I probably would have been less enthralled with the big football player who ran over ... May 20, 2023 ... As the football world contemplates Jim Brown's death, his relationship with Coach Paul Brown lives on as the pivotal story behind an NFL ... May 20, 2023 ... I'm so sad to hear that the legendary Jim Brown passed away today. He was a Hall of Fame football player, civil rights advocate, ... Jan 15, 2021 ... Like Ali, civil rights activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and NFL player Jim Brown were fearless, charismatic black men who used their ... Jim Brown. School: Syracuse. Position: RB. Heisman Voting: 5th in 1956. Draft: 1st round, 6th overall of the 1957 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns. Jan 21, 2021 ... I was lucky to do a Biofile with the NFL great running back Jim Brown in 1999 and was surprised, not only to learn he likes tennis, ... May 19, 2023 ... Jim Brown, an unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a prominent civil rights advocate during ...