THE POP EXPOSE – Remembering The Great Jim Brown!

Hello everyone. Today I’m taking a look back at the legend Jim Brown. Brown was born in 1936 in Georgia and at age 8 moved to Manhasset, NY. This would lead Brown to Syracuse University where he was an all star running back. His number 44 is retired along side other greats Ernie Davis and Floyd Little who also wore 44 at SU. All 3 have a statue on the SU campus.

Brown excelled at Track, basketball, football, baseball, and considered one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time, the MVP award in premier Lacrosse league is named in his honor. Brown would go on to play in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns. He was one of the best and set many records in his career from 1957-1965. Brown who was also taking up acting was filming the movie “The Dirty Dozen”(great movie by the way), when the filming conflicted with his NFL career he chose to retire from the NFL and stay in acting.

Who knows how many of his records would still stand if he played another 5+ years. Brown was nicknamed Black John Wayne and Black Superman with all of the movies he was in. Brown also made appearances in three of my favorite shows growing up, CHiPs, Knight Ryder, and The A-Team. His last work was “The Black Godfather,” a 2019 documentary on Clarence Avant. Brown was an extraordinary person, who touched the lives of so many people in so many different ways from sport, acting, and Civil Rights work over the years. He will be missed but his legacy will live on for all times.