Bfgrn
Gold Member
- Apr 4, 2009
- 16,829
- 2,492
- 245
there's jim brown and then there's the also rans.
Jim Brown was the best I've seen. He dominated his sport like no one has since and he may have been the best athlete of his day. His best sport was lacrosse; the fastest game on two feet.
Jim Brown
Brown, the only person to be inducted into the halls of fame for pro football, college football and lacrosse, was an All-Star lacrosse midfielder at Manhasset High School on Long Island.
“Lacrosse was his best sport,” said Ed Walsh, Brown’s football coach in high school. “He had all the skills, and his skills were better than all the opponents.
When at Syracuse, according to statistics from US Lacrosse, Brown scored 30 goals as a junior and followed that with 43 goals and 21 assists as a first-team All-America midfielder in 1957, his senior season. That, in an era where the lacrosse season was only 10 games long.
Most people remember Jim Brown as the legendary Cleveland Browns running back from the 50’s and 60’s. Nearly impossible to catch, and if you did, it was just as difficult a task to tackle him. He led the NFL in rushing 8 times and his name is on a long list of accolades that he has earned as a football legend.
Most people do not know he earned 13 varsity letters at Manhasset High School in Manhasset, NY playing football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball and running track. Some consider Jim Brown the best multi-sport athlete in sports history.
Last edited: