{"id":16224,"date":"2023-05-20T21:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T21:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/?p=16224"},"modified":"2023-05-21T06:50:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T06:50:49","slug":"jim-brown-1936-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/jim-brown-1936-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Brown: 1936-2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
Almost sixty years after he retired I\u2019m still thrilled whenever I think about Jim Brown on a football field, overpowering defenders in his path and outrunning those in pursuit.\u00a0 He had scores of memorable runs and receptions but this brief video of his five greatest plays is a good introduction for those too young to remember and a stimulating review for baby boomers who grew up watching him perform.\u00a0 The ensuing twelve-minute video offers not only more but better footage.<\/p>\n
Brown retired from football early at age twenty-nine, still at his peak, in order to pursue careers in acting and social activism.<\/p>\n
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