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Originally Posted by justplugit
I was 6'4" about #220 at the time and as a i went down the field Jim Brown with his helmet on and a bloody gash over the bridge of his nose was walking toward me.
He looked like a towering giant, and when i saw the size of his legs, the size of telephone poles, i said to myself how could you ever tackle this guy coming at you full speed when you couldn't even wrap him up.  |
Now bear in mind that the average safety weighed about 175 pounds back then, and few linebackers went more than 215
Brown averaged almost 5 yards a carry---for his career
