Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown acknowledges the crowd after being honored at halftime of an NFL football game between the Browns and the Buffalo Bills on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Cleveland.

Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown (32) tries to stay warm as he looks on from the sideline in Cleveland Stadium circa 1963.

Former Cleveland Browns Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, center, and his wife Monique, right, are honored with a ceremony and statue outside FirstEnergy Stadium before an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, in Cleveland.

Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown (32) rushes the ball during a game from his career. Brown played for nine years, all with the Browns. Brown was a nine-time Pro Bowler and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

Former Cleveland Browns player Jim Brown announces the team's pick during the 2019 NFL Draft on Friday, April 26, 2019 in Nashville, Tenn.

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown (32) of the Cleveland Browns in 1962.

Cleveland Browns Hall of Famer Jim Brown poses for a photo backstage during the NFL Honors awards show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 in San Francisco.

Cleveland Browns Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown speaks during a ceremony as he is honored with a statue outside FirstEnergy Stadium before an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, in Cleveland.

Former Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown presides over a meeting of top African-American athletes who supported boxer Muhammad Ali's refusal to fight in Vietnam on June 4, 1967. Pictured: (front row) Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Lew Alcindor; (back row) Carl Stokes, Walter Beach, Bobby Mitchell, Sid Williams, Curtis McClinton, Willie Davis, Jim Shorter, and John Wooten.

Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown runs against the Los Angeles Rams in a 42-7 loss at the Los Angeles Coliseum on December 12, 1965.

Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, left, and Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell take part in the "Sports and Race: Leveling the Playing Field" panel during the Civil Rights Summit on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Brown and Russell discussed using their platforms in their respective sports to raise awareness for civil rights.

Cleveland Browns fullback, Jim Brown leaps for a gain over right tackle and fellow player Gary Collins (86) in third quarter, in their game with the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas on Oct. 19, 1964. Watching are Cowboy players George Andrie (66) and Chuck Howley (54).

Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown (32) carries the ball during a football game against the New York Giants in Cleveland on November 14, 1965.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown poses for a portrait at the NFL Studio in Culver City, Calif., on May 31, 2013.

Fullback Jim Brown (left) and halfback Bobby Mitchell (right) currently were leader and runner-up, respectively in yards gained rushing in the National Football League shown Oct. 30, 1958 in Cleveland.

Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns, the National Football League's leading ground gainer in 1963, finds his pro-football experience helpful in a new venture movie making. He made his debut in 20th Century-Fox's "Rio Conchos." Here he employed an unorthodox football tackle on a movie villain on location at Moab, Utah on June 1, 1964.

Jim Brown, center, picks up a trophy presented by NFL Commisioner Paul Tagliabue, to the members of Cleveland Browns 1964 Championship Team, at Severance Hall in Cleveland, Friday, Sept. 10, 2004. At left is Bernie Parish, and at right Paul Wiggin. The original trophy presented to the team after their 1964 victory over the Baltimore Colts is in the possession of the Green Bay Packers, who were the 1965 Championship Team.

Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown (32) tries to elude a Philadelphia Eagles defender during an NFL game in Cleveland on Nov. 7, 1965. The Browns defeated the Eagles 38-34.

Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown No. 32 of the East rushes the ball against the West in the 1966 NFL Pro Bowl at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. The East defeated the West 36-7.

Former Cleveland Browns Jim Brown announces the team's pick during the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft on Friday, April 28, 2017 in Philadelphia.

Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown (32) tries to elude a Detroit Lions defender during an NFL game in Detroit, Mich., circa 1960s. Exact date is unknown.

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown (32) of the Cleveland Browns in 1961.

Former Browns' and NFL hall of famer Jim Brown prior to an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Rams and Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Cleveland. The Rams won 20-13.

Representatives of Syracuse University at Syracuse, N.Y. admire the Lambert Trophy awarded the school and presented in New York on Dec. 9, 1956. Trophy is emblematic of the best football team in the East. From left are: Coach Ben Schwartzwalder, Chancellor William Tolley, Lew Andreas, Director of Athletics, and Jim Brown, of Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y., representing the school football team. Brown is an all-America gridder.

Jim Brown sails over the line for a fourth quarter touchdown in a game against the Steelers in Cleveland, Oct. 2, 1960.

Former NFL player Jim Brown during a sports and activism panel entitled "From Protest to Progress: Next Steps" Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in San Jose, Calif.

Fullback Jim Brown (left) and quarterback Tommy O'Connell, shown autographing footballs, are set for National Football League championship game with the Detroit Lions at Briggs Stadium in Detroit on Sunday, Dec. 27, 1957. O'Connell, the league's leading passer, and Brown, the NFL's leading ground gainer, are two big reasons why the Cleveland Browns were on top of the eastern division.

Cleveland Browns fullback Jim Brown (32) is seen in action during the 1965 NFL Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers Jan. 2, 1966, in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers defeated the Browns 23-12.

Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall (70) greets Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown (32) at the conclusion of an NFL game in this undated photo.

Football Hall of Famers Joe DeLamielleure, right, and Jim Brown talk during halftime of an an NFL football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Cleveland.

Jim Brown, ran for five touchdowns in Baltimore as the Cleveland Browns beat the Colts in a National Football League pro game 38-31 on Nov. 1 in 1959.

Cleveland Browns Jim Brown (32) during a game from his career with the Cleveland Browns. Jim Brown played for 9 years, all with the Browns, was a 9-time Pro Bowler and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

Jim Brown of the NFL Cleveland Browns gets a good grip on the Hickok Pro Athlete of the Year Award a $10,000 diamond-studded belt in Rochester on Jan. 24, 1965. Brown, a former football star for Syracuse University, was picked by country's sportswriters gathered here for 15th annual award dinner.

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR NFL - From left, Monique Brown and Jim Brown arrive at the 9th Annual NFL Honors at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.

Cleveland Browns fullback Jim Brown busts through the Philadelphia Eagles line and sweeps wide for four yards and a record-breaking touchdown, Oct. 4, 1965. It was Brown's 106th career touchdown, breaking the mark held by Green Bay's Don Hutson. Brown scored two more touchdowns in Cleveland's 35-17 victory.

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown announces the draft pick for the Cleveland Browns during the 2010 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY on Apr. 23, 2010.

Cleveland Browns fullback Jim Brown has been named the Most Valuable Player in the National Football League. Brown, the league's top rusher in eight of nine years he has played pro football, received 34 of a possible 42 votes. He autographs a football on a desk covered with Christmas cards from fans on Dec. 23, 1965 in Cleveland.

Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown (32) during a game from his 1965 season with the Browns.

Cleveland Browns Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown (32) eludes Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker John Reger (50) during the 1963 Pro Football Hall of Fame NFL game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Canton, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1963. The Steelers defeated the Browns 16-7.

Jim Brown, running back for the Cleveland Browns football team, poses on the embankment of the Thames River in London, England, where he is making a motion picture as he begins his acting career in May 1966.