Was 87.
Top NFL running back.
And Jim Brown was also a good actor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNs7ttSV6kc
And here when LeBron James pays tribute to Jim Brown when the Cavaliers won their first NBA championship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj6MbmIG_mA
Quote from: Big John on May 19, 2023, 04:32:02 PM
Top NFL running back.
I'm sure that fans of other RBs will certainly have something to say about it. For example, I grew up watching Walter Payton, and thus tend to be biased in favor of him being the greatest ever.
But nonetheless, RIP Jim Brown, a true sports legend for Cleveland.
Whenever people talked about the GOAT, there almost always is a recency bias, as we remember those we say play. I wasn't alive when he last played in the mid-1960s, but lots of folks who were say he is. At the very least, he's up there. RIP to a legend.
Ya know, just for kicks I looked up top NFL running backs and clicked on the first link I found.
https://www.nfl.com/photos/gil-brandt-s-25-greatest-nfl-running-backs-of-all-time-0ap3000000815786
^^ Waiting for Cowboy fans outrage at Emmitt Smith being only #11. :popcorn:
I mentioned a bit Jim Brown's movie career, here clip exterpted from the movie "Three the hard way" where he co-starred with Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWi6U1zmZ0g
And another from the movie "The Dirty Dozen".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLpFfZjKhWU