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re: THE GOAT Jim Brown dead at 87
Posted on 5/19/23 at 7:35 pm to DawgsCallingShots
Posted on 5/19/23 at 7:35 pm to DawgsCallingShots
I mentioned this in the More Sports Board thread. Saw a post today where someone related a story about an unidentified NFL defender from that era being asked what it was like playing against Jim Brown, and he replied, “Imagine how getting hit by a car for three hours feels.”
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Posted on 5/19/23 at 8:24 pm to pbro62
He retired "early", right? No injury or playing poorly?
Posted on 5/19/23 at 9:02 pm to Deactived
quote:I knew a person who was around him often just after he retired. He said that he was one of the meanest, most racist people, black or white, he's ever been around.
He was great at beating women
Posted on 5/19/23 at 9:46 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Herschel Walker number 1. Lol wow
Posted on 5/19/23 at 10:11 pm to DawgsCallingShots
I'm confused by all the down votes.
Posted on 5/19/23 at 11:04 pm to 1 Call
They be racist
Posted on 5/20/23 at 1:49 am to DawgsCallingShots
Another Great Georgia running back! He hated Whitey tho, so that took me off the fan list.
This post was edited on 5/20/23 at 1:52 am
Posted on 5/20/23 at 6:24 am to DawgsCallingShots
Too bad.
This post was edited on 5/20/23 at 6:25 am
Posted on 5/20/23 at 8:41 am to Ezra Blu Boudroux
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Another Great Georgia running back! He hated Whitey tho, so that took me off the fan list.
Jim Brown found his NFL career right in the middle of the Civil rights movement. He was pictured with Ali, Jabbar, and Russell and that was who he was.
What's strange about his career that ended at only 29, I read he was filming the Dirty Dozen overseas and the filming was running long due to weather. He said he was planning on playing football that season but Cleveland's Modell started fining him 100 dollars a day. He didn't want to leave filming so the next day he retired on camera. Truthfully he liked what he was doing and he wasn't giving up his movie career. The rest is history.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 9:09 am to DawgsCallingShots
Who remembers who all was in The Dirty Dozen ? Jim is the one that ran with a sack of hand grenades and dropped them in the air vents that had already been doused with gasoline. As I recall, he was shot after dropping the last one. The whole thing would have worked for it not for Telly Savalas screwing with one of the chamber maids. Seems like John Cassavetes was the only survivor.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 9:11 am to Diamondawg
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Who remembers who all was in The Dirty Dozen ? Jim is the one that ran with a sack of hand grenades and dropped them in the air vents that had already been doused with gasoline. As I recall, he was shot after dropping the last one. The whole thing would have worked for it not for Telly Savalas screwing with one of the chamber maids. Seems like John Cassavetes was the only survivor.
I thought it was Charles Bronson who survived. You can't kill Bronson.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 11:22 am to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
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1. Hershel Walker
2. Jim Brown
3. Bo Jackson
4. Darren McFadden
5. Kevin Faulk
yea no
2 of those are not Barry Sanders
Posted on 5/20/23 at 1:16 pm to bamameister
quote:You may be right. I forgot Bronson was in it. Great movie for the time, though.
I thought it was Charles Bronson who survived. You can't kill Bronson.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 1:18 pm to TrumpedUpVol
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Worst case of a stolen Heisman in history.
No doubt. Instead, they give it to the QB of a 2-8 ND team. Paul Hournig.
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Posted on 5/20/23 at 1:20 pm to DawgsCallingShots
He’s no Barry Sanders but was a solid player.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 1:28 pm to Keltic Tiger
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He retired "early", right? No injury or playing poorly?
While in England filming ‘The Dirty Dozen’, in 1966, Brown was threatened with big fines per day by Art Model for missing the start of training camp. So Brown went home, called a press conference, and retired on the spot like a boss. He was only 30 and was still in top physical condition; he could have played several more years easily. He’d led the league in rushing the previous season, was the league MVP and the Browns had won the NFL Championship in 1965.
This post was edited on 5/20/23 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 5/20/23 at 1:37 pm to genuineLSUtiger
quote:His running style and that of Sanders was night and day. My team was the Colts so naturally I didn't like him but I'm over that. The only thing I didn't like about him after each run, he took for ever to get up not hurt but sort of a drama queen move. Someone can check me out but I believe he was also an All American in Lacrosse at Syracuse.
He’s no Barry Sanders but was a solid player.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 2:27 pm to Diamondawg
Lee Marvin (Major, not part of the Dozen) and Charles Bronson survived.
Last line, Bronson: “Killin’ Generals could get to be a habit with me.”
An all-time classic movie, and Jim Brown was great in it.
Last line, Bronson: “Killin’ Generals could get to be a habit with me.”
An all-time classic movie, and Jim Brown was great in it.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 3:50 pm to navy
quote:I agree. I need to see if I can find on Amazon.
Lee Marvin (Major, not part of the Dozen) and Charles Bronson survived.
Last line, Bronson: “Killin’ Generals could get to be a habit with me.”
An all-time classic movie, and Jim Brown was great in it.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 3:53 pm to Diamondawg
I can see him being a racist, as anyone who is a serial female abuser has a lot of hate in him. Yea, read that about him, too.
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