Jim Brown's greatness on the football field is beyond reproach. For generations, Brown, who died Thursday night peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, has long been the standard of excellence for running backs, a freakish blend of brute power and blazing speed who in many ways changed the NFL forever.
Former football great Jim Brown, left, President of the Black Economic Union, confers with Mrs. Anne Faulkner, 74, in her poor neighborhood at Holly Springs, Miss., Feb. 11, 1970. One man. Many versions.
There's the social activist and civil rights champion who used his platform to promote change during one of the most turbulent decades in U.S. history. Flattening tacklers with a deadly stiff arm, making them miss with a stutter step or simply outrunning them, he led the league in rushing as a rookie. He didn't stop there.
"Jim Brown really represented achievement for the Black community and he was so good that it didn't matter what color they were, they had to acknowledge him as the best in his field," NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said. "And that meant a lot to Black Americans in the 60s when anything that any Black person achieved was questioned.
James has emulated Brown, perhaps more than any other star athlete in the past 60 years. Growing up in Northeast Ohio, he learned about Jim Brown the football player before recognizing there was so much more to him.
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