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Jim Brown

James Nathaniel Brown

Position: FB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 232 lbs.
Born: February 17, 1936 in St. Simons Island, GA
College: Syracuse

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1971

9-time Pro Bowler & 8-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1957 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1957*+ 21 CLE FB 12 12 202 942 9 69 4.7 78.5 16.8 16 55 3.4 1 12 1.3 4.6 997 10 7
1958*+ 22 CLE FB 12 12 257 1527 17 65 5.9 127.3 21.4 16 138 8.6 1 46 1.3 11.5 1665 18 5
1959*+ 23 CLE FB 12 12 290 1329 14 70 4.6 110.8 24.2 24 190 7.9 0 25 2.0 15.8 1519 14 2
1960*+ 24 CLE FB 12 12 215 1257 9 71 5.8 104.8 17.9 19 204 10.7 2 37 1.6 17.0 1461 11 9
1961*+ 25 CLE FB 14 14 305 1408 8 38 4.6 100.6 21.8 46 459 10.0 2 77 3.3 32.8 1867 10 6
1962* 26 CLE FB 14 14 230 996 13 31 4.3 71.1 16.4 47 517 11.0 5 53 3.4 36.9 1513 18 9
1963*+ 27 CLE FB 14 14 291 1863 12 80 6.4 133.1 20.8 24 268 11.2 3 83 1.7 19.1 2131 15 7
1964*+ 28 CLE FB 14 14 280 1446 7 71 5.2 103.3 20.0 36 340 9.4 2 40 2.6 24.3 1786 9 6
1965*+ 29 CLE FB 14 14 289 1544 17 67 5.3 110.3 20.6 34 328 9.6 4 32 2.4 23.4 1872 21 6
Career 118 118 2359 12312 106 80 5.2 104.3 20.0 262 2499 9.5 20 83 2.2 21.2 14811 126 57

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1957*+ 21 CLE FB 12 12 6 136 0 29 22.7 1133
1958*+ 22 CLE FB 12 12 3 74 0 35 24.7 1739
1959*+ 23 CLE FB 12 12 4 88 0 29 22.0 1607
1960*+ 24 CLE FB 12 12 14 300 0 33 21.4 1761
1961*+ 25 CLE FB 14 14 2 50 0 26 25.0 1917
Career 118 118 29 648 0 35 22.3 15459

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1961*+ 25 CLE FB 14 14 1 3 33.3 37 1 33.3 0 0.0 37 12.3 15.7 37.0 2.6 120.8
1962* 26 CLE FB 14 14 1 2 50.0 28 0 0.0 0 0.0 28 14.0 14.0 28.0 2.0 95.8
1963*+ 27 CLE FB 14 14 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1964*+ 28 CLE FB 14 14 1 1 100.0 13 1 100.0 0 0.0 13 13.0 23.0 13.0 0.9 158.3
1965*+ 29 CLE FB 14 14 1 2 50.0 39 1 50.0 0 0.0 39 19.5 24.5 39.0 2.8 135.4
Career 118 118 4 12 33.3 117 3 25.0 0 0.0 39 9.8 12.3 29.3 1.0 110.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1957*+ 21 CLE FB 12 12 7 1 0 0
1958*+ 22 CLE FB 12 12 5 1 0 0
1959*+ 23 CLE FB 12 12 2 1 0 0
1960*+ 24 CLE FB 12 12 9 1 0 0
1961*+ 25 CLE FB 14 14 6 1 0 0
1962* 26 CLE FB 14 14 9 1 0 0
1963*+ 27 CLE FB 14 14 7 0 0 0
1964*+ 28 CLE FB 14 14 6 2 0 0
1965*+ 29 CLE FB 14 14 6 0 0 0
Career 118 118 57 8 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1957*+ 21 CLE FB 12 12 9 1 60
1958*+ 22 CLE FB 12 12 17 1 108
1959*+ 23 CLE FB 12 12 14 84
1960*+ 24 CLE FB 12 12 9 2 66
1961*+ 25 CLE FB 14 14 8 2 60
1962* 26 CLE FB 14 14 13 5 108
1963*+ 27 CLE FB 14 14 12 3 90
1964*+ 28 CLE FB 14 14 7 2 54
1965*+ 29 CLE FB 14 14 17 4 126
Career 118 118 106 20 756

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1957 NFL AP MVP
1958 NFL AP MVP
1958 NFL UPI MVP
1958 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1963 NFL UPI MVP
1963 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1963 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1965 NFL AP MVP
1965 NFL UPI MVP
1965 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP

Pro Bowls

1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965

1st-team All-Pro

1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1963
1964
1965

Rushing Att

1957 NFL 202 (2)
1958 NFL 257 (1)
1959 NFL 290 (1)
1960 NFL 215 (2)
1961 NFL 305 (1)
1962 NFL 230 (4)
1963 NFL 291 (1)
1964 NFL 280 (1)
1965 NFL 289 (1)
Career 2359 (22)

Rushing Yds

1957 NFL 942 (1)
1958 NFL 1527 (1-- 61)
1959 NFL 1329 (1)
1960 NFL 1257 (1)
1961 NFL 1408 (1)
1962 NFL 996 (4)
1963 NFL 1863 (1-- 10)
1964 NFL 1446 (1-- 96)
1965 NFL 1544 (1-- 57)
Career 12312 (8)

Rushing TD

1957 NFL 9 (1)
1958 NFL 17 (1-- 21)
1959 NFL 14 (1-- 47)
1960 NFL 9 (3)
1961 NFL 8 (3)
1962 NFL 13 (3-- 78)
1963 NFL 12 (1)
1964 NFL 7 (3)
1965 NFL 17 (1-- 21)
Career 106 (5)

Long Rush

1957 NFL 69 (3)
1958 NFL 65 (7)
1959 NFL 70 (6)
1960 NFL 71 (4)
1963 NFL 80 (1-- 75)
1964 NFL 71 (4)
1965 NFL 67 (1)

Yds/Rushing Att

1957 NFL 4.7 (4)
1958 NFL 5.9 (4-- 40)
1959 NFL 4.6 (8)
1960 NFL 5.8 (2-- 44)
1961 NFL 4.6 (10)
1962 NFL 4.3 (9)
1963 NFL 6.4 (1-- 16)
1964 NFL 5.2 (1)
1965 NFL 5.3 (2)
Career 5.2 (14)

Rushing Yds/Game

1957 NFL 78.5 (1)
1958 NFL 127.3 (1-- 9)
1959 NFL 110.8 (1-- 26)
1960 NFL 104.8 (1-- 48)
1961 NFL 100.6 (1-- 67)
1962 NFL 71.1 (4)
1963 NFL 133.1 (1-- 2)
1964 NFL 103.3 (1-- 53)
1965 NFL 110.3 (1-- 28)
Career 104.3 (1)

Long Reception

1963 NFL 83 (3)

Touchdowns

1957 NFL 10 (2)
1958 NFL 18 (1-- 33)
1959 NFL 14 (1)
1960 NFL 11 (6)
1961 NFL 10 (8)
1962 NFL 18 (2-- 33)
1963 NFL 15 (1-- 95)
1964 NFL 9 (10)
1965 NFL 21 (2-- 15)
Career 126 (10)

Points Scored

1957 NFL 60 (8)
1958 NFL 108 (1)
1959 NFL 84 (3)
1960 NFL 66 (10)
1962 NFL 108 (3)
1963 NFL 90 (5)
1965 NFL 126 (2-- 95)
Career 756 (78)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1957 NFL 10 (1)
1958 NFL 18 (1-- 32)
1959 NFL 14 (1)
1960 NFL 11 (5)
1961 NFL 10 (8)
1962 NFL 18 (2-- 32)
1963 NFL 15 (1-- 93)
1964 NFL 9 (10)
1965 NFL 21 (1-- 14)
Career 126 (10)

Yds From Scrimmage

1957 NFL 997 (4)
1958 NFL 1665 (1)
1959 NFL 1519 (1)
1960 NFL 1461 (2)
1961 NFL 1867 (1-- 84)
1962 NFL 1513 (2)
1963 NFL 2131 (1-- 31)
1964 NFL 1786 (1)
1965 NFL 1872 (1-- 80)
Career 14811 (19)

All-Purpose Yds

1957 NFL 1133 (6)
1958 NFL 1739 (1)
1959 NFL 1607 (1)
1960 NFL 1761 (1)
1961 NFL 1917 (1)
1962 NFL 1513 (7)
1963 NFL 2131 (2-- 60)
1964 NFL 1786 (1)
1965 NFL 1872 (2)
Career 15459 (17)

Touches

1957 NFL 224 (2)
1958 NFL 276 (1)
1959 NFL 318 (1)
1960 NFL 248 (1)
1961 NFL 353 (1)
1962 NFL 277 (4)
1963 NFL 315 (1)
1964 NFL 316 (1)
1965 NFL 323 (1)
Career 2650 (23)

Yds/Touch

1960 NFL 7.1 (8)
1963 NFL 6.8 (8)
1965 NFL 5.8 (9)

Fumbles

1957 NFL 7 (8)
1960 NFL 9 (2)
1962 NFL 9 (3)
1963 NFL 7 (8)
Career 57 (88)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1957 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1957 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1962 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1963 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1963 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1963 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1963 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1963 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1964 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1965 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL