Jim Brown
Career information High school: Manhasset (NY) College: Syracuse NFL Draft: 1957 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 Debuted in 1957 for the Cleveland Browns Last played in 1965 for the Cleveland Browns Career history Cleveland Browns (1957–1965) Career highlights and awards Consensus All-Americans (1956) 9× Pro Bowl selection (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965) 8× AP First-Team All-Pro (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965) 8× UPI First-Team All-Pro (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965) 1957 NFL Rookie of the Year (AP, UPI, SN) 1957 NFL MVP (AP, SN) 1958 NFL MVP (AP, NEA, SN, UPI) 1963 NFL MVP (NEA, UPI, MX) 1965 NFL MVP (AP, NEA, SN, UPI) 3× Pro Bowl MVP (1961, 1962, 1965) NFL champion (1964) 8× NFL Rushing champion (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965) Rated No. 2 NFL Player of all-time by NFL.com as of 2009 season NFL 1960s All-Decade Team NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team Cleveland Browns #32 retired Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1971) Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee (1983) College Football Hall of Fame inductee (1995) Career NFL statistics Rushing yards 12,312 Rushing average 5.2 Rushing TDs 106 Receptions 262 Receiving yards 2,499 Receiving TDs 20 Stats at NFL.com Pro Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player and actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine year career as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest professional athletes in the history of the United States.