At 6 feet 2 and 232 pounds, he was a speedster who loved contact. More impressive than his numbers, though, was his style. He was an excellent receiver out of the backfield, catching 262 passes for 2,499 yards and 20 touchdowns, and he returned kickoffs for an additional 628 yards. No other running back has even cracked 100 yards.īrown didn’t just run from scrimmage, though. And Brown’s per-game record of 104.3 yards rushing appears as unassailable now as it did then. Today’s pros play a 17-game regular-season schedule.
Those marks have long since been broken, but when Brown was playing, the NFL season was 12 games for his first four seasons, then 14 for the next five. icon as one of the NFL’s greatest players, an activist, an actor, an icon, but he also had difficulties in society and was not worshipped by all. Sports Commentary: For all his accomplishments, NFL legend Jim Brown leaves a highly flawed legacy
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