With only 44 days left until college football returns, let’s remember Jim Brown from Syracuse who wore #44.

Syracuse University from 1954-1956

  • College Football Hall of Fame
  • 1956 First-Team All-American
  • Number 44 Retired at Syracuse
  • 43 points against Colgate by scoring six touchdowns and seven PATs
  • Finished fifth in Heisman voting in 1956
  • 1956 Lambert Trophy winner

Side note if anyone is following these threads: I am posting these the night before so that they can be up all day, but I believe that I got a day ahead at some point in the last week according to https://cfbselect.com/how-many-days-until-college-football-countdown-clock/. I’m going to skip tomorrow night’s post so Jim Brown is going to get two days of remembrance.

  • ManibusanOPMEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Brown earned unanimous All-America honors playing college football at Syracuse University, where he was an all-around player for the Syracuse Orangemen football team. The team later retired his number 44 jersey, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995. He is also widely considered one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time, and the Premier Lacrosse League MVP Award is named in his honor. Brown also excelled in basketball and track and field.

    In his professional career, Brown carried the ball 2,359 times for 12,312 rushing yards and 106 touchdowns, which were all records when he retired. He averaged 104.3 rushing yards per game and is the only player in NFL history to average over 100 rushing yards per game for his career. Brown was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. He was named to the NFL’s 50th, 75th, and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams, composed of the best players in NFL history. Brown was honored at the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship as the greatest college football player of all time. His number 32 jersey is retired by the Browns.