Biofile with Jim Brown
Published by Scoop Malinowski on November 27, 2009 filed under BioFiles · Comments (0)
Biofile with Jim Brown |
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Childhood Hero: “Joe DiMaggio.”
Childhood Dream: ”Freedom, equality and justice. My dream is still freedom, equality and justice.”
Funny Football Memory: ”170-lb. Pat Fisher picking me up – 230 lbs. – and taking me about five yards back and dumping me on my butt. And having all the
fans at Cleveland laughing at me [smiles].”
Greatest Sports Moment: ”Oh I don’t think in those terms. I don’t know what’s gonna happen tomorrow. I might get three holes-in-one on the golf course. If it doesn’t come to mind, it doesn’t exist. No, I don’t have a greatest sports moment.”
Toughest Competitors Encountered: ”I would say Sam Huff was the most effective. Dick Butkus – one year – played every down in a frenzy. He wasn’t content just to tackle, he’d try to rip your hair out, put his helmet through your chest. Ray Nitschke – he murdered on the run. Chuck Bednarik. Concrete Charlie.”
Favorite Athletes To Watch: ”I always like to watch Mike Tyson. Venus & Serena Williams. Pete Sampras. Roger Federer. Always liked John McEnroe. Tiger Woods. Earl Campbell – he could go and do 80-yard drives, run over people, run around people, straight-arm them, knock ‘em out, I loved him. But for three years I loved John Riggins. I felt when John was with’The Hogs’ he was as great as anybody that ever played the game. And Gale Sayers.”
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