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Message: [QUOTE="dennismenace, post: 2214878, member: 6158"] At the time of his retirement Jim Brown was the all time rushing leader and led the league in 8 of the nine years he played. I think the season was 12 games then. He had broken most rushing records and did it in only 9 years with a shorter schedule than today. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown#mw-head']navigation[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown#p-search']search[/URL] For other people named James Brown, see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown_(disambiguation)']James Brown (disambiguation)[/URL]. Jim Brown [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1961_Kahn%27s_Wieners_Jim_Brown-crop.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/1961_Kahn%27s_Wieners_Jim_Brown-crop.jpg/250px-1961_Kahn%27s_Wieners_Jim_Brown-crop.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Brown in 1961 [B]No. 32 Position:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)']Fullback[/URL] [B]Personal information Date of birth:[/B] (1936-02-17) February 17, 1936 (age 81) [B]Place of birth:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Simons,_Georgia']St. Simons, Georgia[/URL] [B]Height:[/B] 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [B]Weight:[/B] 232 lb (105 kg) [B]Career information High school:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhasset_High_School']Manhasset (NY)[/URL] [B]College:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_football']Syracuse[/URL] [B]NFL Draft:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_NFL_Draft']1957[/URL] / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 [B]Career history[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Browns']Cleveland Browns[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_NFL_season']1957[/URL]–[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_NFL_season']1965[/URL]) [/LIST] [B]Career highlights and awards[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_National_Football_League_Championship']NFL champion[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_NFL_Championship_Game']1964[/URL]) [*]9× [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Bowl']Pro Bowl[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Pro_Bowl']1957[/URL]–[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Pro_Bowl']1965[/URL]) [*]8× First-team [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Pro']All-Pro[/URL] (1957–1961, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_All-Pro_Team']1963[/URL]–[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_All-Pro_Team']1965[/URL]) [*]3× [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_NFL_Most_Valuable_Player']AP NFL Most Valuable Player[/URL] (1957, 1958, 1965) [*]3× [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEA_NFL_Most_Valuable_Player']NEA NFL Most Valuable Player[/URL] (1958, 1963, 1965) [*]3× [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPI_NFL_Player_of_the_Year']UPI NFL Player of the Year[/URL] (1958, 1963, 1965) [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Bell_Award']Bert Bell Award[/URL] (1963) [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award']NFL Rookie of the Year[/URL] (1957) [*]8× [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_rushing_champions']NFL rushing yards leader[/URL] (1957–1961, 1963–1965) [*]5× [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_rushing_touchdowns_leaders']NFL rushing touchdowns leader[/URL] (1957–1959, 1963, 1965) [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_1960s_All-Decade_Team']NFL 1960s All-Decade Team[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team']NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Browns#Retired_uniform_numbers']Cleveland Browns No. 32[/URL] retired [*]Consensus [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team']All-American[/URL] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_College_Football_All-America_Team']1956[/URL]) [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_football#Retired_numbers']Syracuse Orange No. 44[/URL] retired [/LIST] [B]Career NFL statistics Rushing yards:[/B] 12,312 [B]Yards per carry:[/B] 5.2 [B]Rushing touchdowns:[/B] 106 [B]Receptions:[/B] 262 [B]Receiving yards:[/B] 2,499 [B]Receiving touchdowns:[/B] 20 Player stats at [B][URL='http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=BRO483276']NFL.com[/URL] [URL='http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PlayerId=33']Pro Football Hall of Fame[/URL] [URL='http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDetail.aspx?id=50092']College Football Hall of Fame[/URL] James Nathaniel Brown[/B] (born February 17, 1936) is a former professional [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football']American football[/URL] player and actor. He was a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)']fullback[/URL] for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Browns']Cleveland Browns[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League']National Football League[/URL] (NFL) from 1957 through 1965. [U][B]Considered to be among the greatest football players of all time,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] Brown was a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Bowl']Pro Bowl[/URL] invitee every season he was in the league, was recognized as the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Most_Valuable_Player']NFL Most Valuable Player[/URL] several times, and won an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_championship']NFL championship[/URL] with the Browns in 1964. He led the league in rushing yards in eight out of his nine seasons, and by the time he retired, he had shattered most major rushing records.[/B][/U][B] [U]In 2002, he was named by [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sporting_News']The Sporting News[/URL][/I] as the greatest professional football player ever.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown#cite_note-TSN-2'][2][/URL][/U][/B] [/QUOTE]

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