Jim Brown: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Pro Football Hall of Fame - Biography of Jim Brown. Sep 18, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - 'Heroic, But He's No Hero': Revisiting Football Great Jim Brown. Jul 06, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 14, 2026
Anniversary information added. Feb 13, 2026
Add new Web site: NBC News - Jim Brown, legendary NFL Hall of Famer and civil rights activist, dies at 87. Dec 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Case Western Reserve University - Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown. Aug 02, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN US - Jim Brown Fast Facts. Feb 03, 2025
Add new Web site: National Football Foundation - Jim Brown. Aug 20, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Jim Brown: an immovable fixture in American life with a complex legacy. Jun 18, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Cleveland Browns - Jim Brown. Jan 04, 2024
Updated for his death. May 19, 2023
Add new Web site: My Hero - Jim Brown. May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Jim Brown. Aug 19, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous African Americans - Biography of Jim Brown. Jun 12, 2022
Add new Web site: ESPN Classic - Jim Brown was hard to bring down. May 03, 2021
Added more information about his acting career as well as his legal troubles. Jun 08, 2018
Add new Web site: BlackPast.org - Biography of James Nathaniel Brown. Apr 18, 2017
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Jim Brown. Nov 08, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Biography of Jim Brown. Nov 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Jim Brown. Nov 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Hickoksports.com - Biography of "Jim" Brown. Jun 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Pro Football Hall of Fame - Biography of Jim Brown. Jun 10, 2013
Changed Brown's career yards from scrimmage from "15,459" to "14,811." May 19, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - Biography of Jim Brown. Mar 05, 2009
Article revised. Jan 15, 2004
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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