R.I.P. To NFL Legend Jim Brown!!!
May 19, 2023 7:24PM EDT
(Original Caption) 2/25/1966-Chicago, Illinois- Cassius Clay, (left, arms folded, lips pursed), shown with his friend Jimmy Brown of the Cleveland Browns as Clay arrived for a meeting with the Illinois Athletic Commission. Clay is expected to apologize to the commission for so-called, “unpatriotic” remarks on his draft status in hopes of clearing the way for his ehavyweight championship fight with Ernie Terrell in Chicago.
- NFL legend Jim Brown has died in his Los Angeles home of undisclosed causes, his wife has announced. He was 87 years old.
- Brown played for the Cleveland Browns for nine seasons before retiring in 1966. During that time, he led the league in rushing eight times, was a Pro Bowler each of his nine seasons and was named a first-team All-Pro on eight occasions. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
- But Brown was more than just a football player. As a civil rights activist, he was responsible for the infamous “Ali Summit” in 1967, which saw several Black athletes assemble to address civil rights issues. Brown also founded the Amer-I-Can Foundation to fight Southern California’s gang violence and regularly spoke out on a wide range of social issues. And finally, Brown was an actor, appearing in a total of 55 movies and TV shows, according to IMDB.
- What was Brown’s greatest achievement? Tell us @1013magic on IG
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