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Jimmy naturally has his off days: in one game against Baltimore in 1962, he carried the ball 14 times and managed the grand total of 11 yds. He also has his natural enemies. There are defensive men around the league who have dedicated themselves, their souls, their bodies to a holy war against Jimmy Brown. None of them has yet won the crusade-although their ferocious determination speaks for itself...
Last year, with Jimmy Brown rolling up 1,446 yds., the Browns edged out St. Louis for the Eastern Conference title; in the championship playoff Brown gained 114 yds., and Cleveland demolished favored (by seven points) Baltimore, 27-0. Last week the Browns took a long step toward their second straight playoff berth, as Jimmy presided over a 34-21 defeat of the third-place New York Giants. Cleveland's defense was not anything to brag about-it did not have to be. Not the way Butcher Brown was slicing up New York...
Bread & Butter. On the very first play from scrimmage, he caught a little flare pass and galloped 30 yds., leaving Giant defenders strewn in his wake. Over the next 45 minutes, Brown scored three touchdowns, and each was something to see. On the first, he started toward right end from the 3-yd. line, abruptly cut back, and while the Giants were twisted into pretzels, he literally walked across the goal. He ran 4 yds. straight through Giant Safetyman Jimmy Patton for his second TD, and his third brought satisfying animal growls from the throats of Cleveland fans. With...
While the rest of the Browns got in their licks (Ernie Green scored one TD, and Lou Groza kicked two field goals), the game belonged to Brown. In all, he carried the ball 20 times for 156 yds. That boosted his 1965 rushing total to 1,064 yds.-almost twice as much as his closest competitor, Philadelphia's Timmy Brown (no kin), and more than eight of the 14 N.F.L. teams have gained on the ground all season. Jimmy caught three passes for an additional 36 yds., and his three TDs gave him 84 points so far this year...
...sing." Van Buren, "the Flying Dutchman," of Coach Greasy Neale's 1948-49 world championship Philadelphia Eagles, was the first great modern pro running back; a bruising 200-pounder, he could run the 100-yd. dash in 9.8 sec.-and set a career ground-gaining record (5,860 yds.) that Jimmy Brown buries a little deeper every time he pulls on his cleats...