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Jim Brown
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American football player and actor (1936–2023)
Film & TV
St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
Jim Brown (February 17, 1936 – May 18, 2023) was an American professional football player and actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back in the NFL with Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever. He is considered to be one of the greatest American professional…
Known for
- Bill Russell: Legend — Self - NFL Legend & Activist2023
- Say Hey, Willie Mays! — Self (archive video)2022
- NFL Icons — Self2021
- Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story — Self2020
- ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke — Self2019
- The Black Godfather — Self2019
- United We Stand: The Ali Summit — self2018
- Shut Up and Dribble — Self (archive footage)2018
- Foreman — Self2017
- O.J.: Made in America — Self2016
via TMDB
Key facts
- Position
- Fullback
- Born
- ( 1936-02-17 ) February 17, 1936, St. Simons, Georgia , U.S.
- Died
- May 18, 2023 (2023-05-18) (aged 87), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Listed weight
- 232 lb (105 kg)
- High school
- Manhasset ( Manhasset, New York )
- College
- Syracuse (1954–1956)
- Nfl draft
- 1957 : 1st round, 6th overall pick
- Rushing yards
- Rushing yards 12,312
- Receiving yards
- 2,499
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nathaniel
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Simons
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- television
- Genre
- Western
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- running back
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 105
- Image
- Jim Brown (1961) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 188
- Number of children
- 5
- Work location
- United States
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- Commons category
- Jim Brown
- date of birth
- 1936-02-17
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- social media followers
- 54319
- sports discipline competed in
- American football
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2023-05-18
- name in native language
- James Nathaniel Brown
- sport number
- 32
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
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