Favorite Sports Moments in Person

[Mike P]

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

[Backbeach Jake]

My brother, Bob, who butted heads with our coach and was rewarded with a season long spot on the bench. The last game was wrapped up in the 4th quarter and the coach sent Bob in to receive a kick off. I watched as he calmly took the ball and wove his way through the tacklers and scored. The look on the coach's face was priceless. A player who he had discounted knew what he was doing. A look of stunned realization on his mug that I'll never forget.