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johnlg00 writes:

in response to RealisticVol:

Jim Brown could run around you or through you. I saw an interview with a hall of fame linebacker ( I can't remember his name at the moment) and he said one game he tackled Brown and Brown warned him not to do it again. Later he hit him again. The third time he went to hit him, he said Jim Brown turned and plowed straight into him and while he was laying there on the ground shook up, Jim Brown looked down and said "I told you not to do it again." The linebacker said he was never hit any harder by anybody.

No question Brown could do it any way he needed to. What I remember most about him was the way he seemed to turn a shoulder or give a defender a limp leg to escape a hard hit, but as you say, he could also deliver a blow. The thing is, he seemed able to DECIDE in real time whether to escape a hard hit or deliver one, so he was ready for either situation.

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