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OUT OF BOUNDS

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As I write this, football great Jim Brown's autobiography, OUT OF BOUNDS, is out of print. While I have not ready every autobiography or sports bio, I can't imagine one more engrossing than the Cleveland Brown's OUT OF BOUNDS. Two reasons: 1)It's the story of possibly the best football player to date, in his own words. 2)Jim Brown's own words are dead honest. If you think he's kidding about anything you read in OUT OF BOUNDS, I'd like to see you tell him to his face. Don't give up the search to find OUT OF BOUNDS!

Read this 4 or 5 years ago, but I can still remember things JB mentioned. This is easily the best sports bio I've read. Usually these things are complete fluff, but JB is a man of substance and he speaks out with intelligence and experience on a number of things (race relations, gangs, etc.) In many ways he is the anti-OJ; he has never gone out of his way to fit in with whites while turning his back on the meanstreets. Rather, he has dedicated much of his life to helping young blacks improve themselves and get out of the gangster life. He does a lot of honorable things, that's why it saddens me when I hear about his repeated run ins w/the law for beating his wife/girlfriend. In any case, this book gives great insight into the complex mind of the greatest football player to ever play the game.

This book was an excellent biography abput sports legend Jim
Brown. He covers his outstanding football career at Syracuse
University. He is also able to give adequate coverage to his
outstanding career as a professional football player. He covers the women who have been a part of his life. He also discusses the football coaches that he dealt with during his football
career. Brown also openly discusses his role in many social issues of the time. He is still even today a hero to many Americans. This book gives an outstanding coverage of his life.
You will not be dissapointed. Buy it.

Jim Brown tells it all and doesn't hold anything back. if you are a fan of the NFL and of Jim Brown, this is a must!

Jim Brown is a true Icon on so many levels beyond sports. on the field in college and NFL He is One of the best who ever did it. socially He has done alot of great things. he has always spoken out and been his own man.this book was very detailed and a must have. he speaks on such a wide range of topics and pulls no punches.

a near perfect book on the athlete who should be considered the greatest of the 20th century. espn chose m jordan. m jordan could't hit a curve ball and loses his shirt on the golf course. jim brown excelled in all sports. the book is only lacking in humor and pictures. the one photo is the cover shot of a man with an attitude. probably angry because he's obviously suffering from a bad case of ringworm. there are tell-tale signs of a fungus invasion on his forehead, the bridge of his nose, his cheek and the back of his left hand. somebody please get ahold of jim's people and let him know about this condition. espn the magazine ran a photo of j brown today-2010. so sad to see the once all-powerful running back reduced to using a cane to hobble around. anyone with any doubts about his abilities should go to [...] and check out the videos. back to the book-- j brown is very opinionated and isn't shy on any and all subjects he writes about. if you're old enough to remember his playing days with the c browns or his hollywood years or just know him as the big old guy with the funny looking multi-colored hat this book is highly recommended by this reader.

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his acting roles
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