Mike Sielski: The Eagles came close to drafting Jim Brown. A star-crossed standout was their consolation prize.
PHILADELPHIA — God, imagine it: 3 a.m. inside the living room of a Southwest Philadelphia home in the early 1960s, three men seated there, each of them a famous athlete, each of them a running back in the National Football League. The house belonged to Clarence Peaks, the Eagles’ starting…
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