Four more Pro Football Hall of Famers earn the Icons treatment in Season 3 of this NFL Films documentary series airing Saturdays at 10/9c on MGM+.
The October 21 premiere features Jim Brownthe Cleveland Browns running back, movie star and civil rights champion who died in May. “Very few people quietly accomplish in one area what he did very visibly in three areas,” says NFL Films producer Paul Camarata. “By combining his talents, interests, intelligence, passion and drive, Brown has written his own remarkable screenplay. You just had to stick with it. »
After a successful football and lacrosse career at Syracuse, Brown was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the 1957 NFL Draft. He played nine notable seasons for the Browns, retiring at age 30 as a champion of the NFL (1964), three-time MVP (1957, ’58, ’65), Rookie of the Year (1957) and the league’s all-time greatest player. leader with 12,312 yards.
After leaving football, he embarked on a career in acting, eventually becoming a leading man and one of the first black action film stars. Brown was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement and supported Muhammad Ali in his refusal to enlist in the army to protest the Vietnam War. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
Future NFL Icons The episodes of season 3 are:
This episode looks at Bill Cowher, a Pittsburgh native who became the head coach of his hometown team and led the Steelers to one of the greatest playoff series in history to win their fifth Lombardi Trophy.
A profile of the legendary Chicago Bears middle linebacker Mike Singletaryleader of the famous 1985 Bears defense that demolished the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX and is arguably the best defensive team in NFL history.
The Season 3 finale looks at Charles Woodson, the Michigan Wolverines, Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers defensive back who is one of 10 Heisman Trophy winners in the Hall of Fame.
