Jim Brown Biography
The Early Days, Brown And The Browns, Hollywood And Retirement, Chronology, Awards And Accomplishments
1936-
American football player
Jim Brown
Hall-of-Fame running back, Jim Brown, was recognized during his football career for his dominance on the playing field. In the years following his early retirement, that same strength and determination led to success in Hollywood and social activism. With the Cleveland Browns from 1957 through 1966, Brown rewrote the record books and then left the game to pursue avenues that would challenge him more than his gridiron contemporaries ever could. He was one of the first professional football players to parlay his fame into success off the field and in doing so he not only set a precedent for all the running backs that followed but for every athlete that had aspirations beyond athletics.
Sketch by Aric Karpinski
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