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SU Football: Jim Brown, The G.O.A.T. & The Ghost

At the age of seventy-nine, Jim Brown is much more myth than man at this point. Actually, maybe he's almost always been that way I suppose. Well before the 24-7 news cycles and never-ending social media updates, Brown's time at Syracuse University is part fairy-tale, part biblical verse, part history book. The student-athlete who couldn't be tackled on the football field, couldn't be denied on the lacrosse field, couldn't be defeated on the track, and who was a blur on the basketball court, worked his magic here nearly six decades ago. To get even a partial idea of what Brown did back then, you have to hit the books, not YouTube.