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Frank Gore remembers when Jim Brown singled him out.
He was a young pup back then, unknown and unproven, the third-round gamble San Francisco fans trashed on draft day for being too injury-prone in college. 49ers coach Mike Singletary invited Brown to speak in front of the team. Gore was star struck, eyes fixed on the Cleveland Browns icon: This man might be the best to ever play the game.
“You’ve got a great horse running the rock,” Brown told the team. Gore looked around. Me?