À quel âge Jim Brown a-t-il pris sa retraite de la NFL ?
Professional career

Brown was taken in the first round of the 1957 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns, the sixth overall selection. In the ninth game of his rookie season, against the Los Angeles Rams he rushed for 237 yards, setting an NFL single-game record that stood unsurpassed for 14 years and a rookie record that remained for 40 years until Corey Dillon of the Cincinnati Bengals rushed for 246 yards in a Week 15 game against the Tennessee Oilers.

Brown broke the single-season rushing record in 1958, gaining 1,527 yards in the 12-game season, shattering the previous NFL mark of 1,146 yards set by Steve Van Buren in 1949, as well as most rushing yards per game in a season, with 127.3. In this MVP season, Brown led all players with a staggering 17 touchdowns scored, beating his nearest rival, Baltimore Colts wide receiver Raymond Berry, by 8.

After nine years in the NFL, he departed as the league's record holder for both single-season (1,863 in 1963) and career rushing (12,312 yards), as well as the all-time leader in rushing touchdowns (106), total touchdowns (126), and all-purpose yards (15,549). He was the first player to reach the 100-rushing-touchdowns milestone, and only a few others have done so since, despite the league's expansion to a 16-game season in 1978 and 17-game season in 2021 (Brown's first four seasons were only 12 games, and his last five were 14 games).

Brown's record of scoring 100 touchdowns in only 93 games stood until LaDainian Tomlinson did it in 89 games during the 2006 season. Brown holds the record for total seasons leading the NFL in all-purpose yards (five: 1958–1961, 1964), and is the only rusher in NFL history to average over 100 yards per game for a career. In addition to his rushing, Brown was a superb receiver out of the backfield, catching 262 passes for 2,499 yards and 20 touchdowns, while also adding another 628 yards returning kickoffs. In every season he played, Brown was voted into the Pro Bowl, and he left the league in style by scoring three touchdowns in his final Pro Bowl game.

He told me, "Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts." He lived by that philosophy and I always followed that advice.

Brown was cognizant of the physical toll exacted by carrying the ball as a lead running back and began foreshadowing an early retirement as early as 1960, when the 24-year old Brown told a journalist, "I've carried the ball 749 times in three years with the Browns. I get the same question everywhere I go — will so much ball-carrying and the tackling that results shorten my career? Will I end up my career groggy or, even worse, punchy as a punch-drunk prizefighter?... I hope I'm smart enough to quit the game before somebody has to tell me I'm finished. I want to leave feeling I can still do the job. That's the way the great quarterback Otto Graham finished with the Browns. He most likely had several good seasons left... But Otto quit while he was on top. I hope I have the good sense to follow the example."

Brown's 1,863 rushing yards in the 1963 season remains a Cleveland franchise record. It is currently the oldest franchise record for rushing yards out of all 32 NFL teams. His average of 133 yards per game that season is exceeded only by O. J. Simpson 's 1973 season. Brown led the league in rushing a record eight times. He was also the first NFL player to rush for over 10,000 yards. He was very difficult to tackle (shown by his all-time record of 5.2 yards per carry), often requiring more than one defender to bring him down. Brown was famous for his stiff arm and combined speed, power and relentless endurance as a rusher.

After winning his third league MVP award in 1965, Brown retired in July 1966 at age 30 while still in top form. He was in England for the shooting of the movie The Dirty Dozen. He had expected to return to the Browns afterwards, but retired when team owner Art Modell threatened him with fines for missing training camp. Brown held the NFL career rushing record of 12,312 yards until it was broken by Walter Payton on October 7, 1984, during Payton's 10th NFL season. Brown is still the Browns' all-time leading rusher. As of 2018, he ranked 11th on the all-time rushing list. Brown's NFL touchdown record would stand until 1994 when Jerry Rice surpassed him with his 127th touchdown.

During Brown's career, Cleveland won the NFL championship in 1964 and were runners-up in 1957 and 1965, his rookie and final season, respectively. In the 1964 championship game, Brown rushed 27 times for 114 yards and caught 3 passes for 37.
Décès

Jim Brown est décédé de causes naturelles à l'âge de 87 ans, le 18 mai 2023, à son domicile à Los Angeles. Il est décédé entouré de son épouse.

Les hommages du monde du sport et au-delà se sont rapidement multipliés, l'ancien running back de la NFL Barry Sanders postant sur Twitter : "On ne peut sous-estimer l'impact de Jim Brown sur la NFL." Emmitt Smith, meilleur coureur de tous les temps de la NFL, a écrit : "C'était et il était une véritable légende dans le sport et dans la communauté, utilisant sa plateforme pour aider les autres." Le commissaire de la NFL, Roger Goodell, a déclaré : "Jim Brown était un athlète talentueux – l'un des joueurs les plus dominants à avoir jamais foulé un terrain sportif – mais aussi une figure culturelle qui a contribué à promouvoir le changement." LeBron James, une star de la NBA, a écrit dans un hommage : "Nous avons perdu un héros aujourd'hui. Repose en paix, la légende Jim Brown. J'espère que chaque athlète noir prendra le temps de se renseigner sur cet homme incroyable et sur ce qu'il a fait pour changer toutes nos vies. Nous nous appuyons tous sur vos épaules, Jim Brown." Barack Obama, le 44e président et le premier président noir des États-Unis, a écrit : "J'étais trop jeune pour me souvenir de ses années de joueur, mais je connaissais son héritage. L'un des plus grands joueurs de football de tous les temps, il était également acteur et militant – s'exprimant sur les droits civiques et encourageant les autres athlètes noirs à faire de même."
### Query ###
À quel âge Jim Brown a-t-il pris sa retraite de la NFL ?

### Main Text ###
Professional career

Brown was taken in the first round of the 1957 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns, the sixth overall selection. In the ninth game of his rookie season, against the Los Angeles Rams he rushed for 237 yards, setting an NFL single-game record that stood unsurpassed for 14 years and a rookie record that remained for 40 years until Corey Dillon of the Cincinnati Bengals rushed for 246 yards in a Week 15 game against the Tennessee Oilers.

Brown broke the single-season rushing record in 1958, gaining 1,527 yards in the 12-game season, shattering the previous NFL mark of 1,146 yards set by Steve Van Buren in 1949, as well as most rushing yards per game in a season, with 127.3. In this MVP season, Brown led all players with a staggering 17 touchdowns scored, beating his nearest rival, Baltimore Colts wide receiver Raymond Berry, by 8.

After nine years in the NFL, he departed as the league's record holder for both single-season (1,863 in 1963) and career rushing (12,312 yards), as well as the all-time leader in rushing touchdowns (106), total touchdowns (126), and all-purpose yards (15,549). He was the first player to reach the 100-rushing-touchdowns milestone, and only a few others have done so since, despite the league's expansion to a 16-game season in 1978 and 17-game season in 2021 (Brown's first four seasons were only 12 games, and his last five were 14 games).

Brown's record of scoring 100 touchdowns in only 93 games stood until LaDainian Tomlinson did it in 89 games during the 2006 season. Brown holds the record for total seasons leading the NFL in all-purpose yards (five: 1958–1961, 1964), and is the only rusher in NFL history to average over 100 yards per game for a career. In addition to his rushing, Brown was a superb receiver out of the backfield, catching 262 passes for 2,499 yards and 20 touchdowns, while also adding another 628 yards returning kickoffs. In every season he played, Brown was voted into the Pro Bowl, and he left the league in style by scoring three touchdowns in his final Pro Bowl game.

He told me, "Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts." He lived by that philosophy and I always followed that advice.

Brown was cognizant of the physical toll exacted by carrying the ball as a lead running back and began foreshadowing an early retirement as early as 1960, when the 24-year old Brown told a journalist, "I've carried the ball 749 times in three years with the Browns. I get the same question everywhere I go — will so much ball-carrying and the tackling that results shorten my career? Will I end up my career groggy or, even worse, punchy as a punch-drunk prizefighter?... I hope I'm smart enough to quit the game before somebody has to tell me I'm finished. I want to leave feeling I can still do the job. That's the way the great quarterback Otto Graham finished with the Browns. He most likely had several good seasons left... But Otto quit while he was on top. I hope I have the good sense to follow the example."

Brown's 1,863 rushing yards in the 1963 season remains a Cleveland franchise record. It is currently the oldest franchise record for rushing yards out of all 32 NFL teams. His average of 133 yards per game that season is exceeded only by O. J. Simpson 's 1973 season. Brown led the league in rushing a record eight times. He was also the first NFL player to rush for over 10,000 yards. He was very difficult to tackle (shown by his all-time record of 5.2 yards per carry), often requiring more than one defender to bring him down. Brown was famous for his stiff arm and combined speed, power and relentless endurance as a rusher.

After winning his third league MVP award in 1965, Brown retired in July 1966 at age 30 while still in top form. He was in England for the shooting of the movie The Dirty Dozen. He had expected to return to the Browns afterwards, but retired when team owner Art Modell threatened him with fines for missing training camp. Brown held the NFL career rushing record of 12,312 yards until it was broken by Walter Payton on October 7, 1984, during Payton's 10th NFL season. Brown is still the Browns' all-time leading rusher. As of 2018, he ranked 11th on the all-time rushing list. Brown's NFL touchdown record would stand until 1994 when Jerry Rice surpassed him with his 127th touchdown.

During Brown's career, Cleveland won the NFL championship in 1964 and were runners-up in 1957 and 1965, his rookie and final season, respectively. In the 1964 championship game, Brown rushed 27 times for 114 yards and caught 3 passes for 37.

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Décès

Jim Brown est décédé de causes naturelles à l'âge de 87 ans, le 18 mai 2023, à son domicile à Los Angeles. Il est décédé entouré de son épouse.

Les hommages du monde du sport et au-delà se sont rapidement multipliés, l'ancien running back de la NFL Barry Sanders postant sur Twitter : "On ne peut sous-estimer l'impact de Jim Brown sur la NFL." Emmitt Smith, meilleur coureur de tous les temps de la NFL, a écrit : "C'était et il était une véritable légende dans le sport et dans la communauté, utilisant sa plateforme pour aider les autres." Le commissaire de la NFL, Roger Goodell, a déclaré : "Jim Brown était un athlète talentueux – l'un des joueurs les plus dominants à avoir jamais foulé un terrain sportif – mais aussi une figure culturelle qui a contribué à promouvoir le changement." LeBron James, une star de la NBA, a écrit dans un hommage : "Nous avons perdu un héros aujourd'hui. Repose en paix, la légende Jim Brown. J'espère que chaque athlète noir prendra le temps de se renseigner sur cet homme incroyable et sur ce qu'il a fait pour changer toutes nos vies. Nous nous appuyons tous sur vos épaules, Jim Brown." Barack Obama, le 44e président et le premier président noir des États-Unis, a écrit : "J'étais trop jeune pour me souvenir de ses années de joueur, mais je connaissais son héritage. L'un des plus grands joueurs de football de tous les temps, il était également acteur et militant – s'exprimant sur les droits civiques et encourageant les autres athlètes noirs à faire de même."

### Draft ###

Query: "À quel âge Jim Brown a-t-il pris sa retraite de la NFL ?"

→ Translation check: "At what age did Jim Brown retire from the NFL?"
Clear information retrieval. No semantic ambiguity.

### 1. Core factual anchor

Jim Brown retirement age: 30 years old.

● High confidence. Well-documented milestone.
Key constraint: retirement in 1966.

### 2. Contextual triangulation

Career span calculation:
- Started: 1957 (age 23)
- Ended: 1966 (age 30)  
- Duration: 9 seasons

∴ Age 30 confirmed through mathematical constraint.

### 3. Verification paths

Timeline verification:
☑ Born: February 17, 1936
☑ Drafted: 1957 (6th overall, Cleveland)
☑ Retirement: 1966 (July, mid-season)
☑ Age at retirement: 30 years

Cross-reference check:
- Still in prime (no injury decline)
- Career stats peaking
- Rare early retirement for that era
- Maintained dominance through entire career

### 4. Historical context expansion

⟨H≈0.8⟩ The retirement wasn't typical... most players dragged on longer, especially backs. Brown walking away from peak earning years, peak performance. Unusual decision then. Art Modell's fines... leverage attempt backfired. Brown held firm. Left on own terms, not forced out. Cultural moment - black excellence choosing own path, rejecting exploitation cycle that dominated sports at the time...

Back to core: 30 years old confirmed through multiple verification layers.

### 5. Response synthesis

Direct answer: 30 ans
Supporting context: 
- Career span (9 seasons)
- Timing (1966, July, while filming)
- Context (Modell fines, Brown's principled stand)
- Rarity of decision at that time

NB: Information complete, verifiable, contextually rich.

### Answer###
Jim Brown a pris sa retraite de la NFL à l'âge de 30 ans. Il s'est retiré du football professionnel en juillet 1966, alors qu'il était encore au sommet de sa forme. Cette décision de retraite précoce s'explique en partie par le fait qu'il avait toujours maintenu qu'il souhaitait quitter le jeu avant que quelqu'un ne lui dise qu'il était fini, préférant partir en sentant qu'il pouvait encore accomplir le travail à haut niveau. Il avait même prédit cette éventualité dès 1960, à l'âge de 24 ans seulement.

Brown avait joué neuf saisons dans la NFL et avait quitté la ligue en tant que détenteur de nombreux records : celui de courses à la saison (1 863 yards en 1963) et pour toute une carrière (12 312 yards), ainsi que les records de touchdowns (106 en course et 126 au total). Il était devenu le premier joueur à atteindre les 100 touchdowns en carrière et avait mené la ligue en yards à la course à huit reprises. Sa décision de partir à 30 ans, alors qu'il était encore extrêmement productif, reste l'une des retraites les plus notables de l'histoire de la NFL.