![]() ![]() Louis Cardinals, although Brown ran for 110 yards. In the 1965 home opener, a crowd of 80,161 saw them get crushed 49-13 by the St. The Browns worked through a hangover after winning the 1964 NFL championship. The next day, in the bottom of the 10th against the Yankees, Max Alvis singled, took second on Joe Adcock's bunt, and scored the winning run off Joe Azcue's ground ball. The grounds crew had a day to convert to baseball. In a 37-14 rout of Washington, Brown ran 15 times for 162 yards and two touchdowns, also catching three passes for 100 yards and another score. Opening day, 1963, was classic Cleveland September. Brown scored many touchdowns running to the closed end of the stadium, where the rubber on the pitcher's mound stayed planted on the back line of the end zone. The baseball team finished seasons with yard lines painted on the outfield. The Browns and Cleveland Indians shared hulking Municipal Stadium then. ![]() Grass got cleated into disgusting condition as autumns wore on. Football fields were set up on baseball diamonds. Most stadiums of that era housed two pro teams. In recent decades, he was a "special advisor" to the Browns. His fame extended to long runs as a Hollywood actor and social activist. The Daily News list is beginning to age, but Brown's football legacy is timeless. "Paul Brown called him the best football player he ever saw," said Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian, a Daily News panelist. In 2014, the New York Daily News voted Brown "the best player in NFL history," ahead of No. In 2006, a half century after he last blocked for Brown, Dick Schafrath called his former teammate "the greatest athlete to have ever participated in sports." Everyone in football knew Brown's number, 32, when he abruptly cut out of football in 1966. 3 when baseball players started wearing numbers in the 1920s. ![]() Jim Brown, who seemed larger than life as a Cleveland Browns ball carrier, is dead at the age of 87.īabe Ruth wore No. Brown typically said hello with his standard greeting to acquaintances, "What's up, babe?" Doerschuk spoke to Brown periodically during the latter's run as a Cleveland Browns advisor. Editor's note: The author of this story, Steve Doerschuk, was a young Browns fan when he watched the final few years of Jim Brown's playing career. ![]()
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