I just read where the NFL Network is running a list of the 100 greatest players ever…The final ten won’t be released until early November so i thought i’d let you know there should be no discussion here, absolutely none…argue willie mays, babe ruth, hank aaron in basbeall…bill russell, wilt chamberlain, michael jordan, larry, magic in basketball…bobby orr, wayne gretzky, gordie howe in hockey but when it comes to football it’s one name and everyone else…the fact that he stopped playing 45 years ago is irrelevant…i know that leaves out most of pro football fans of today but let me add, not only was he the best football player ever, he’s the best athlete EVER….that would be Jimmy Brown…most years leading the league in attempts, most years leading the league in yards, most consecutive years leading the league and the highest average per rush of all time, a mark that’s held up for nearly half a century…how’d you like a guy for your fantasy league team that averaged 5.2 yards every time he touched the ball?…And in case you didn’t know, he walked away from football at the age of 29, having just completed a season with 17 touchdowns, 1544 yards and an average of 5.3 in 14 games!…<\/p>\n
Brown is generally regarded as the greatest lacrosse player ever produced in the United States as well….and oh yes, he averaged 15 points a game for the Syracuse basketball team as a sophomore and there are those who think he could have been the heavyweight boxing champion of the world if he’d wanted to…At 6 feet 2 inches and 232 pounds Brown was\u00a0Syracuse’s best high jumper, discus and javelin thrower…
\nYou can wait till November to find out who the NFL Network thinks is number one…or you can tell em you read it here first….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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