Syracuse University and National Football League legend Jim Brown '56 passed away today. Brown is the only man enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame (1995), National Lacrosse Hall of Fame (1984) and the Professional Football Hall of Fame (1971), where he was in...
The article focuses on the life and accomplishments of Jim Brown, a legendary American football player, and highlights his contributions both on and off the field. It discusses his impact as a football player, his military service, achievements in other sports like lacrosse, and ...
A two-sport star at Syracuse — some say he is the best lacrosse player in NCAA history — Brown endured countless racist taunts while playing at the virtually all-white school at the time. Still, he was an All-American in both sports and lettered in basketball. Brown was the sixth over...
In late November of that year, Time magazine had featured “Jimmy” Brown on its cover. The accompanying story was burdened by the awkward, race-tinged prose of the time, including the headline—“Pro Football: Look at Me, Man!”—and a description of Brown as “…. a fire-breathing, ...
Dobbins had the second- and third-longest carries of his career in the second half en route to his fifth 100-yard rushing game in the pros. His 46-yard run up the middle on third-and-1 from the LA 47-yard line set up Cameron Dicker’s third field goal and put the Bolts up 9-7...
harpastum, often cited in support of these claims, seems to have involved throwing a ball rather than kicking it. Although kicking games were played by theindigenouspeoples ofNorth America, they were much less popular than the stickball games that are the origin of the modern game oflacrosse....
Having football here, having baseball here, we're playing lacrosse here, it's really a nice focal point as we not only have our championships in the Charlotte area, but we'll distribute them around. We want to continue to get into different markets and all of that. ...
1) Jim Brown ClevelandBrowns, 1957-1965 Brown could do anything you or he wanted. His skills weren't just limited to carrying the ball; he was an all-around athlete at Syracuse who excelled in basketball and lacrosse. He could also kick, and was a scratch golfer. ...