Jim Brown

Among the greatest NFL players in history is Jim Brown. The Sporting News named him the greatest professional football player ever. Brown won the AP NFL Most Valuable Player thrice in his career, an NFL Championship, shattered rushing records, and is widely considered as one of the greatest running backs of all time. He played for Syracuse University, where he was an all-around player for the Syracuse University Orangemen football team. While playing for the university, he earned unanimous All-America honors. Apart from football, Brown also excelled in track and field, lacrosse, and basketball.

During the 1957 NFL Draft, Brown was picked by the Cleveland Browns, being the sixth overall selection. With the 237-yard dash he had in his ninth game with the team, Brown set an NFL single-game record which was unsurpassed for 14 years, and later set a rookie record unrivaled for 40 years. With the extraordinary feats in his career, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of professional and college football in 1971 and 1995, respectively. The football legend went on to have a successful career as an actor. Brown had achieved a degree of exceptional accomplishment in his professional basketball career.