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In 1988, Brown founded the Amer-I-Can program, an organization dedicated to stopping gang violence and helping individuals “take charge of their lives and achieve their full potential.” Jim’s dedication to the fight for equal rights was a lifelong effort and something that enabled me to maintain our friendship for over 50 years. “This was my first public support for Muhammad Ali and it was the first of many steps I would take as a civil rights activist. “When I was 20, Jim Brown invited me to attend the Cleveland Summit,” Abdul-Jabbar tweeted Friday. Other famous Black athletes attended, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor. In June 1967, Brown organized “The Cleveland Summit,” in support of Muhammad Ali, who refused to be drafted for the Vietnam War. “You should get out at the top,” he said.īrown also made his mark as a civil rights activist and by working with inner-city gang members and prison inmates.

He added it was the right time to quit football. I want to have a hand in the struggle that is taking place in our country, and I have the opportunity to do that now. I want more mental stimulation than I would have playing football. “We’re running behind schedule shooting (on the Dirty Dozen set), for one thing. I wanted to play this year, but it was impossible,” he said in 1966, according to Sports Illustrated. Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty Images

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Jim Brown appeared in the movie '100 Rifles' with Raquel Welch. He appeared in more than 50 film and television projects in the years that followed, most recently “Draft Day” in 2014. He surprised sports fans two years later when – at the height of his career and following threats of fines by his team’s owner of fines for missing days of training camp – Brown, the reigning NFL MVP, announced his retirement from football from the set of the World War II film, “The Dirty Dozen.” Having your team win the championship is … That’s what I work for, winning the championship, and this requires a certain standard of performance,” Brown said, according to the Hall of Fame webpage honoring his career.īefore leaving the game, Brown made his film debut in 1964 in the Western, “Rio Conchos.”

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“Our hearts are with Jim’s family, loved ones, and all those he impacted along the way.”īrown was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. We mourn his passing, but celebrate the indelible light he brought to the world. “It’s impossible to describe the profound love and gratitude we feel for having the opportunity to be a small piece of Jim’s incredible life and legacy. » Rep.Jim Brown led the league in rushing in eight of his nine seasons with the Cleveland Browns and set the all-time record for rushing yards. Read more coverage of Congressman Jordan: Stickley was a four-time state placer at Graham with a 185-22 record.

Jeff Jordan, Jim Jordan’s brother and Stickley’s Graham coach, said Stickley was with his girlfriend and they were headed to Iowa to see Stickley’s twin sister and her boyfriend, four-time Graham High School state high school champion Alex Marinelli, who wrestles for the University of Iowa.Ī starter at 141 pounds in 2017-18 season for Wisconsin, Stickley finished 21-14 and qualified for the NCAA championships. Stickley and a passenger, who was not identified by police, were taken to Illini Hospital in Silvis, where Stickley was pronounced dead. The Nissan left the road into a right-hand-ditch, over-corrected and rolled across the westbound lanes of traffic. On July 5, Stickley was driving a black 2004 Nissan Frontier, headed west on Interstate 74 in Henry County, Ill., according to the Illinois State Police. “The strength of Eli’s relationships with Jesus, family and friends encapsulates what meant most to him,” a remembrance on the funeral home’s website said.

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