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  1.                                  Jim Brown was nearly 
  2.                                  unstoppable when he 
  3.                                  was running with a foot-
  4.                                  ball. It took at least two
  5.                                  people to tackle Jim ... if 
  6. they could catch him. Even then, the 6' 2", 
  7. 228-pound Cleveland Brown fullback often
  8. dragged his defenders right over the goal 
  9. line. He ran over tacklers if he couldnΓÇÖt get
  10. around them. He never ran out-of-bounds
  11. to avoid a hit.
  12.  
  13. Many people consider Jim the greatest 
  14. running back in football history. Thirty years 
  15. after he retired (in 1965) Jim still holds five 
  16. NFL rushing records. He led the NFL in 
  17. rushing for eight of his nine professional 
  18. seasons, which is an NFL record. So,
  19. too, is his average of 5.22 yards  
  20.