1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team (right halfback, Minnesota), Jim Mello (fullback, Notre Dame), Don Lesher (halfback), Don Manglold (Indiana), Bob Hanlon, and Ara Parseghian (Miami (OH)), ends Cecil Souders and George Young (Georgia), and linemen Pete Krivonak (guard), Jesse Hahn (guard), and Carmen Izzo (center). 1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team The 1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team represented Great Lakes Naval Training Station during the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 9–2–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 348 to 134, and was ranked No. 17 in the final AP Poll. In April 1944, Paul Brown, who coached at
Jim Brown in yards from scrimmage (6), highest average yards from scrimmage per game in a career (125.52), and most seasons leading the league in combined net yards (5). In 2002, "The Sporting News" selected him as the greatest football player of all time, as did the "New York Daily News" in 2014. On November 4, 2010, Brown was chosen by NFL Network's NFL Films production "" as the second-greatest player in NFL history, behind only Jerry Rice. "Source": Jim Brown James Nathaniel Brown (born February 17, 1936) is a former professional American football player and actor. He was a running back