Football History

Born February 17, 1936, in St Simons, Georgia, was the all-time great running back Jim Brown. When discussing a player who rewrote the record books, Jim Brown’s name has to be at the top of the list. The FootballFoundation.org website shares that Brown in 1956 had a season where his rushing yards per game read something like 197 yards, 162, 155, 154 & 151 yards! He ended up with 986 yards for the season, ranking him third in the nation and giving him the nod for unanimous All-America status. But that wasn’t it for “First Down Brown’s” scoring, though, as he also kicked for Syracuse. This is evident at the Colgate game in 1956 when Jim scored six touchdowns and kicked seven extra points. That was a total of 43 points in a 61-7 game. Jim Brown won on the ballot to be enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The Cleveland Browns wasted no time in making Jim their first-round pick in the 1957 NFL Draft, per the ProFootballHOF.com site. Brown played all nine of his years as a pro in Cleveland, with an excellent 12312 yards rushing and 15459 total accumulated yards. The powerful back scored 756 points in those nine years in the NFL and played in a Pro Bowl every season, including being selected as the 1957 Rookie of the Year. Jim was the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in three different seasons! The Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971’s ceremonies enshrined Jim Brown in their Canton, Ohio Museum of Legends.