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Jim Brown media type="custom" key="3467124" he was a great athlete, actor, and social activist || **Your skin color should not keep you from having a chance to acheive something great** || || childhood || Jim Brown was the greatest halfback to ever play football. He was born on St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia in 1936. He was raised by his great grandmother. He later moved up north and it was there that he excelled in almost every sport he participated in. After high school he was a very high soughtout athelete and chose to go to Syracuse University in New York. As a freshmen he was benched in favor of less talented white players, but as a sophmore he took advantage of the opportunity that he had and exceled as a star. || || childhood || Is often refered to as the greatest pro football player ever, he played halfback from 1957-1965 for the clevland browns. He only played 9 seasons and was elected to the pro bowl in every one. He retired with having broken every rushing record at that time. || http://www.b-sidenation.com/images/bsidepics1/JimBrownFootballbs.jpg [] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BAAQFFX2L._SL500.jpg [] http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0803/tough.guys.alltime.traditional/images/jim-brown(2).jpg http://www.amer-i-can.org/ []
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