Jim Brown turns 77 today. Jim Brown was the greatest running back in NFL history and the greatest football player ever in my opinion. Jim Brown was not only the greatest football player ever there are those who say that he was the greatest lacrosse players ever and that football may have been his second best sport. He was just a great great athlete. He also played basketball and track at Syracuse. I can’t recall what the score he had was but I remember reading years ago the first time Brown ever bowled that he bowled something like a 260.

Jim Brown was one of those few athletes who went out on top. He retired at the age of 29 after 9 NFL seasons to go into acting. He was a 9 time All-Pro. Led the league in rushing in 8 of his 9 seasons. He was a 3 time NFL MVP.He was a power runner with speed.  Looking at those old films of Brown he was amazing. He looks like a man playing with boys out there. Even Barry Sanders father says Brown was the greatest.

His movie career didn’t pan out in the long run but the movie he retired to film was a classic “The Dirty Dozen.”

Jim Brown and Michael Jordan share the same birthdate. The greatest athlete born on this day was JimBrown.