🏈 American Football · Running back

Jim Brown

United States · 1957–1965

Led the league in rushing eight times in nine seasons, then retired at 29.

8
Rushing titles: 5.2
Yards per carry: 0
Games missed: 3
MVP awards

Career

Brown never missed a game in nine seasons and led the NFL in rushing in all but one of them, averaging over five yards per carry against defences built specifically to stop him. He retired at twenty-nine at the peak of his career to act and to work in civil rights.

Honours

Led the NFL in rushing in eight of his nine seasons
Three-time NFL Most Valuable Player
NFL champion, 1964
Retired at twenty-nine while still the best player in the league

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