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April 30, 2007

Jim Brown: Hall of Famer, Activist, Abuser

Biographer Mike Freeman attempts to understand and explain the football legend, civil-rights activist, and study in contrasts.

Elizabeth Guenard

Mike Freeman's new book, Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero, reconstructs the tumultuous history of a football legend. Brown began his athletic career playing football in Manhasset, New York, on a concrete turf littered with broken glass. He emerged an amazing all-around athlete.







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- posted on Sep 04, 07
Mona Brinson

I am trying to find out what happened to his first wife Sue, and his children by her.

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- posted on Sep 04, 07
Mona Brinson

I am trying to find out about his first marriage and his children

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- posted on Sep 29, 07
c4anders

Good interview Elizabeth, you did your best to get truth out of Mr. Freeman.

What he will not mention is that Brown is a rapist (and this is not an alleged accusation). He committed this heinous act during his days at Syracuse. The father of my dad's best friend was a police officer in Syracuse during Brown's days playing there. Because he was a scholarship athlete, good old Jim escaped the rap for his monstrous actions.

Aside from Brown being a rapist, he was not the best running back ever. It's great that he takes the time to make photo ops to appear like he gives a crap about inner-city youths, but who is he kidding? The guy is on probation for domestic violence. This love of Mr. Brown is misguided. I saw the best running back of all time, and his name is Barry Sanders. Barry isn't a rapist like Jim Brown, and I salute Barry as the best player I have ever seen.

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- posted on Sep 11, 08
BraystreetLad

Oh,please...Jim Brown was nothing but a thug and bully for most of his life.As for "brutal racism,"
what do you think Jackie Robinson,Bill Willis,Mari-
on Motley and other African-American pioneers endured without stooping to Brown's swinishness/
And you don't like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods
because they are telegenic,erudite men who studiously avoid the charlatans(Sharpton,Jackson,
Dyson et al.who style themselves "African-Amer-
ican leaders."

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- posted on Feb 11, 09
Candace Hasan

Thanks for the info. Its great for my Report. I never kown but Jim Brown

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- posted on Dec 06, 11
RideHandsomeBlackCowboyStudBrett1953

WHY IS EVERYBODY SO FREAKIN' AFRAID TO DEAL WITH JIM BROWN'S THUGGISHNESS AND,IF WHAT I'VE RECENTLY HEARD IS TRUE,RAPE OF A SYRACUSE CO-ED WHILE JIMBO
WAS A TWO-SPORT STAR THERE????

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- posted on Dec 06, 11
RideHandsomeBlackCowboyStudBrett1953

RIGHTO EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT DISAGREEMENT,c4anders-
GALE SAYERS IS THE BEST-EVER RUNNING BACK!!!!

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- posted on Oct 04, 13
patrick

Would you be defending brown with all the terrible things he's done in life if he was white...no wouldn't you say how awful he was and should never be honored..pretty disgusting

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- posted on Feb 12, 14
stu

So... Respect for a wife beater who hangs women out windows by their feet? because he was a great athlete?

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- posted on Sep 09, 14
jack farrell

jim brown was one of the best running backs, but he was and is a scum bag, he is a wife beater, rapist, and liar. He almost ended up like another great black running back, he just didn't kill anyone,,,O.J. didn't get the memo, beat the shit out of women, pay them off, but don't kill them and don't commit armed robbery,,,i don't excuse women,they should never put their hands on a man, but they do lie, just remember the Duke Lacrosse team, personally I could care less about scum like brown, O.J. and this guy rice,,the league and the teams gave these men a great living, but they didn't adopt them, and should not be responsible for their behavior off the field..

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- posted on Oct 14, 14
jennifer

Was GLAD to read most of these posts that described what a violent bastard Jim Brown was/is!!!
Every time he receives some kind of accolade, I want to shout, "He's a batterer of women.!!

These admirers need to do some research to see what kind of monster Jim Brown REALLY is!!

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- posted on Jun 09, 15
Jerry K. Hayes

The lowest form of a man is one who would hit a woman.

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