RIP Jim Brown

[syrBossHogg]

 

[Scooch]

Whoa.

A complicated person. Hard to forgive an abuser. But he also did immense good.

Quite a life.

 

[elimunelson]

Whoa.

A complicated person. Hard to forgive an abuser. But he also did immense good.

Quite a life.

This will be interesting.

Life is complicated. No one more so than Jim Brown.

RIP 44

 

[Giants1973]

RIP Goat

 

[Cusefan69]

Whoa is right. A complicated history no doubt. RIP 44

 

[TheHaze315]

One of the greatest football players to ever walk the earth. RIP.

 

[orangecuse]

Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns and NFL legend, dies at 87

Jim Brown's legacy encompassed more than his time in the NFL, from which he retired as the league’s all-time leading rusher and became a Hall of Famer. It branched out to social activism and acting, and also included a complicated personal life.

www.cleveland.com

IMO, the greatest football player that ever lived! RIP#32 & #44.

 

[SuFTW]

Jim Brown, football great and activist, dies at 87

Jim Brown, one of the greatest professional and college football players of all time, "passed peacefully" in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night, his family said.

www.espn.com

 

[David332]

Oh no, very sad day.

 

[elimunelson]

Does the school or the football team (or the lax team or the track team) do anything in honor of him?

Does 44 get dusted off for a game finally or were those rights forever given away?

 

[gmoney44]

Best SU athlete ever.

Hell maybe the best athlete ever period.

 

[Cuse4455]

He's the first player my Dad introduced me to. Heartbroken. Legend RIP

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I am too young to have watched him play, but I remember my dad always talking about how great he was. Rest in Peace.

 

[Toga]

After every time he was tackled he got up like he'd never walk again.

 

[Cuse'91]

 

[Eric15]

His legacy off the field was extremely complicated.

His legacy on the field was as straight-forward as it gets.

RIP to the rightful winner of the 1956 Heisman if it wasn't for racist douchebags.

 

[Col. Bleep]

Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns and NFL legend, dies at 87

Jim Brown's legacy encompassed more than his time in the NFL, from which he retired as the league’s all-time leading rusher and became a Hall of Famer. It branched out to social activism and acting, and also included a complicated personal life.

www.cleveland.com

The greatest football player that ever lived! RIP#32 & #44.

True...the original "44"
Also may be greatest lacrosse player.
Played full lacrosse game and full football game on same day.
But hard for the abuse not to overshadow on field and off field accomplishments.

 

[swish7]

GOAT. RIP.

 

[Motensocks]

A legend has passed...

 

[Cuse4455]

He died on the same day May 18th Ernie Davis Died... Woah

 

[Motensocks]

Sorry, just realized it was in the football board already. It caught me off guard and I wasnt thinking straight.

 

[BillSU]

THE GOAT OF ALL GOATS

 

[NYCCuse826]

He saved Chris Rock from getting slapped before Will Smith got to him. RIP.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Probably one of the best athletes ever, football, lacrosse, basketball and track. A good actor - loved the Dirty Dozen! Not mentioned much is that he was in ROTC during his time at SU and graduated as a second lieutenant. He completed his military career in the army reserves for 4 years ending during his NFL career as a captain. His relationship with women was a horrible issue, fraught with charges of neglect, domestic abuse and violence throughout much of his life. He’s left an unbelievable, absolutely remarkable legacy in sports but quite an enigmatic, extremely troubled one in his personal life.

 

[CuseLegacy]