https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/19/jim-brown-nfl-dead/

RIP

Was a bit too young to see him play on TV. I didn't get to many games live, so to me, live TV was live. I do remember my family going to see the Dirty Dozen. RIP Jim.

Football legend. RIP

Just a big, big name back then, and quite frankly, still is.

No doubt as dominant a running back as running backs got/get.

May you rest in peace Mr. Jim Brown

Wow.

A defining moment for me. In 1960 my family moved back to Cleveland from Harrisburg Pa.

Jim Brown was a bigger than life figure. I got a paper route delivering the PD. All week I would read the sports page about the Browns next opponent planned to stop Jim Brown.

Their plan never worked. He was greatest runner of all time. There is no argument that would convince me otherwise.

Of course he became more than that over his life.

He is really the reason I became a football fan.

I will never forget watching him play. He was the most dominate player of his time.

He was a controversial figure. But I respected him. He was intelligent and articulate.

I have a ton of stories about him. But for now I plan to just remember him.

RIP The greatest player in the history of football.

He brought a lot of fond memories to my early childhood. While at 87 he lived a long life, I still hate to hear of his passing. As one of the football greats his memory will live on long after his passing. RIP Jim Brown.

Thank you Mr Brown RIP

RIP Jim.

Today and for days to come there will a ton written about Jim Brown.

Strictly from a football perspective unless you were around when he played and watched him. You really missed true greatness.

He was something else. I loved that he remained loyal to the team. He will always be Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns.

He mentored many people in all walks of life. He will always be a part of the history of Cleveland.

Never saw him play live. In the videos I’ve seen he was a man amongst boys.

My Jim Brown story. I attended a game against Miami in ‘93. This was the game we knocked Marino out and had Scott Mitchell come off the bench and go 10 of 16 for 118 and 2TDs to beat us. Anyway, I was standing in line at the gate waiting to get into the stadium when I was bumped into slightly by a large man moving determinedly through the crowd. As he passed I looked over and saw the trademark hat. A wave of people saying “that’s Jim Brown” followed shortly behind him.
That’s it. Jim Brown touched me. Lol.


RIP Legend. Your name with live on in infamy.

RIP ... thanks for the memories.

One of the greatest players ever and a true Cleveland Brown. RIP MR. Brown.

RIP JB. Mr Brown.

Sorry to hear that. The passing of an era for me.

RIP Jim.

The Man was football’s version of Babe Ruth. We’ll never hear or be part of a conversation centered on the greatest football player of all time without hearing the name Jim Brown.

RIP Mr Brown... You were truly a man amongst boys.

I was there with you!

I thought 'the roar' during that Najee Mustafaa 97 yard interception return was going to bring down the house. We just knew we were going to win! 🙄

Simply the best at what he did...RIP JB

I was near the tunnel where they carted Dan off. The crowd was chanting ‘MEAT WAGON!’ with cocky assurance his departure guaranteed the win. Mitchell then tore us up and used that performance as a first stepping stone to getting himself a crazy massive, for the time, contract with the Lions the following year.

When I was sixteen I went to Highland golf course one summer day. It was the first time I ever played golf. Me and my buddies were ready to start on the first tee. Someone said we don't have a scorecard. I said "I will run into the clubhouse and get one."
I took off at a trot. Turned around the corner of the building. And I ran head first into the chest of Jim Brown.

I looked up and about passed out. I started stammering. "Sorry sir, I didn't mean to run into you." He looked down and said "it happens all the time don't worry."

He was wearing black bermuda shorts and a black banlon short sleeve shirt. He looked like the Black Superman. Tiny waist and massive shoulders.
He was chiseled to the max. I was really dumb founded. This was 1964. The last time the Browns won the World Championship.

About ten years ago I saw an authentic Browns helmet with a Jim Brown HOF 71 verified signature. It was on Ebay and I bid on it and won it.
It sits on my bedside table. I dust it off for every game. Hoping for victory.

RIP Jim Browns. A childhood hero. For me, The Face of this franchise. Thanks for the thrilling memories.

Our Cleveland Browns should dedicate the season in his honor.

I’m sure they’ll do many things to honour Jim Brown this season. A “32” patch on our jerseys at the very minimum. One of the greatest athletes of all time.

My wife and I were at the game the weekend Jim's statue was dedicated. We walked over. It wasn't a very big crowd, so I have several good pics. We were maybe 50 feet away while Jim made his remarks.

I have a JB signed poster a buddy gave me. A pic of him and all his stats. It's a full sized poster. I am a Browns fan, but I am not going to have a full sized framed poster on the wall, so I dumped the frame, rolled it up and have it stashed with some of my things.

The only Browns item I hang in my office is a color copy of the first sheet of season tickets I received in 2006. The 60th anniversary. There is a really nice pick of Jim at the top, embossed sheet, and tickets printed in the style the tickets looked through the years. Pretty cool.

Kind of feels like the last link to the glory days of the Browns is now gone. Even though he retired right before I was born and I never got to see him play. RIP Jim.

j/c...

The Greatest is a term that is hard to prove. People will always lean toward the stars of their day.

As a competitor all you can do is be the best of your time.

Jim Brown entered the NFL in 1957. His first year he won "Rookie of the Year" and MVP.

His last year in 1965 at 29 years old he won MVP.

He averaged 104.3 yards per game for his career with a 5.2 yard average per carry. Nobody is even close to that.

He won the rushing title 8 of his 9 seasons.

There was no running back by committee. Teams stacked the line against him every game. He was given the ball so many times in short yardage it blows my mind that averaged 5.2 yards per carry for a career. Ahead of a runner like Sanders.

He was the most dominate player on a field I have ever seen.

I saw him play in Oct of 1965 against the Giants.
Amazing guy to watch run and he threw a mean pass too!
He didn't just run through a hole he got the crap knocked out of him but still made holes!

I met him very briefly in 2003 or so at a charity fund raiser in L.A.
He was still a pretty intimidating even then.

RIP to one of the greatest players I've ever seen.

RIP GOAT

Makes we wonder of this wasn't the result of Otto's affection for Paul Brown.

HE was the reason I became a Browns fan.

RIP Jim

Our true legend. He had a really checkered public image. But he was ours. RIP to the goat

Athletically I doubt there was nothing he could not do at the highest level.

When you talk about great athletes. He was a five sport star. Track, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, football.
He qualified for the 1956 Olympics as a decathlete, but declined to participate in order to focus on football.

If there were other sports to play and more time. I am sure he could play them. People say he a damn good golfer.
https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/jim-brown-is-as-competitive-now-as-he-was-in-1964-13796038

Whenever a discussion enters greatest athlete. And they talk Thorpe, Ali, Bo, Deon. Remember Jim Brown.

Oh yeah, he was maybe the greatest athlete of all time

Legends seldom die, and his legend will live as long as there is football. Rip Mr. Jim Brown, the all-time great RB for the Cleveland Browns.

As I look at his career and all the accomplishments.

What stands out is the total package. Imagine competing against him in any sport in high school or college. Watching him as a professional. It was like he was all alone as a singular talent. The others on the field were nowhere near his level.

Take his amazing physical skills and then add his mind. Jim Brown was a complicated man with pride. Intelligent and highly articulate. A deep thinker who knew who he was and used his platform for the good of others.

In my life Jim Brown and Ali were more than special athletes. They were men of change.

No, but they do fade away to time. I am not sure JB was legendary in the way Ali, Pele, and Babe Ruth are legendary figures. You can mention them anywhere on the planet and people know who they were.

That said, Jim was a great football player and a big part of my younger life. A hero of sorts. I didn't like the way he treated women at a point in his life, but he also tried to do much in his own community. He didn't think "whitey" was the biggest problem in his community, his own community was it's own biggest problem and needed to clean that up before pointing fingers elsewhere.

His playing career was before my time.
I liked him in that movie, he was funny. That was a pretty funny movie, 'I'm gonna git you sukka' with a different kind of approach to humor, like the 'ill take the stairs, and the war medals for typing, for example.

I remember a interview once with Jim Brown that really struck me.

He was asked about Jackie Robinson and his impact. Jim said that what many people failed to recognize about Jackie Robinson was that without Branch Rickey there would be no Jackie Robinson. At least not in the sense of stature. That in order for the story of Jackie Robinson to happen one white man had to take a stance against many other rich powerful white men.

Jim's position was not something I had heard from other civil rights leaders. Branch Rickey was the tool to break the color barrier. Jackie was the man who used the tool.

Thank God the white man saved the blacks.

Not sure if that was a shot or not?

I do think JB recognized the importance of what Branch Rickey did.

It does not diminish what Jackie Robinson did or what he had to endure.

It sure does not mean the white man saved the Blacks.

Nah, if it was an actual shot I wouldn't have posted it in purple.

Was very fortunate to meet and converse with Mr Brown at a local church Father's Day father and son banquet. Very intelligent articulate speaker. After short Q & A session prior to completion of dinner program youth were permitted to come get an 8 x 10 glossy to have autographed by the Great One time permitting. Was one of last 3 end of line and time was running out. Many in front me were asking career stat questions and such which I would give answer,so my turn now to glossy I ask instead of glossy if could autograph one of my football cards instead or one of my media guides. Told me place all on table ,turn aside,don't looked until me says to as he was only permitted to sign the glossy. When told to look back he had autographed all and an 8 x 10 for me and thanked me for being fan of his and The Browns. Shook his hand and thanked him. Still have these items.
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