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[QUOTE="longtimefan, post: 2891136, member: 212"]
Jackie Robinson and Jim Brown were both [B]four [/B]sports stars in college.

Robinson--baseball, basketball, football, and track. He led the Pacific basketball conference (or whatever it was called then) in scoring 2 years in a row.

Brown was football, basketball, lacrosse, and track. The oft-repeated story was that he quit the hoops team mid-season his senior year because his playing time was limited due to the unspoken rule on use of black players at the time. If true, that would be a shame, as SU, without Big Jim gave UNC a tough game in the East Regionals that year. The Tar Heels completed their undefeated season by beating Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain in the final. How legendary would it have been for Jim and Wilt to be competing on the same court?

As an aside, the NYTimes had a special Jackie Robinson section in their hard-copy paper on Thursday, Robinson's 100th birthday. They went through their archives and found many pictures that had never been published. Also, some details of his life that were new to me. Worth your time.
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