him to be the best running back of all-time. the former all american football and lacrosse player at syracuse was the top draft pick of the cleveland browns in 1957. he led the league to the championship game that same season earning the rookie of the year award. brown never missed a game but abruptly retired after just nine seasons. my attitude is that as a champion i only relate to my level of performance. and i must remain pure in that, and i am pure in that. and i live that way. and what i ve done speaks for itself and i only talk about it when asked about it. reporter: he walk udway from the game as the all-time leading rusher, a record that would stand for nearly 20 years. the intensity level that i carried and my numbers in nine years are going to be hard for anyone to match. reporter: after football brown caught the acting bug starred in the 1967 movie the dirty dozen he went onto appear in more than 50 films.
pure in that. and i live that way. and what i ve done speaks for itself. reporter: he walked away from the game as the all-time leading rusher, a record that would stand for nearly 20 years. the intensity level that i carried, and my numbers in nine years are going to be hard for anyone to match. reporter: after football brown caught the acting bug, starring in the 1967 movie the dirty dozen, went on to appear in more than 50 films. brown also made his mark as a civil rights activist, working with inner city gang members and prison inmates. but brown had his own demons, he spent four months behind bars for refusing to accept the terms of his probation for vandalizing his wife s car in 1999. i turned down three deals. then when i was sentenced and given a ridiculous sentence i turned that down. why do you think i did that? because i m afraid to go to jail? hell no. i m not afraid to go to jail.
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