"Jim Brown is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes to ever wear Orange," said Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud. "Jim was a four-sport athlete at Syracuse who was an All-American in both football and lacrosse. An NFL legend, he set numerous records,...
Brown played at 6-2, 232 pounds, and history has catalogued him as a battering ram who pounded smaller players into submission. He did plenty of that, but Brown was much more. LeBeau was drafted by Cleveland in 1959, spent part of a training camp with the Browns and then was traded t...
NFL legend Jim Brown returns to Syracuse to star in Spike Lee filmJeff PassanDarryl Slater
Inhigh schooland atSyracuse UniversityinNew York, Brown displayed exceptional all-around athletic ability,excellingin basketball, baseball, track, andlacrosseas well asfootball. In his final year at Syracuse, Brown earnedAll-Americahonours in both football and lacrosse. Many considered Brown’s best...
NFL legend, actor and social activist Jim Brown has died at the age of 87. Brown shattered records during a relatively short NFL career, leading the Cleveland Browns to their last championship in 1964 — and retired in his prime to become an actor. Brown
Brown sets an NCAA-record for points by an individual player in a single game by scoring six touchdowns and kicking seven extra points for 43 points. 1959 — Syracuse’s Connie Dierking becomes the first player to foul out of a game in the first quarter, as the Nationals ...
Brown, Jim Brown, Jim(James Nathaniel Brown), 1936–, American football player, b. St. Simon Island, Ga. A football and lacrosse All-American at Syracuse Univ., Brown became one of the greatest fullbacks in professional football history during his career (1957–65) with the Cleveland Brow...
He won a scholarship to Syracuse University where he was an all-American in lacrosse as well as football and a star on the basketball team. The NFL this year honored Brown by renaming the league's rushing title the Jim Brown Award. Some critics said it was disgraceful for the NFL to ...
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