CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For The Plain Dealer's final 175th anniversary section, publishing Thanksgiving Day, we pay tribute to Cleveland leaders. They are the politicians and public figures, inventors, business owners and philanthropists, musicians, entertainers and athletes who helped shape our city into what it is today.
This is one of many leaders who are profiled in Thursday's special section:
Name: Jim Brown
Date of Birth: Feb. 17, 1936
Birthplace: St. Simons Island, Georgia
Dates in office/career: 1957-65 as a member of the Cleveland Browns
Career summary: The Cleveland Browns selected Brown with the sixth overall pick in the 1957 NFL Draft out of Syracuse.