Silver Anniversary Winners
NCAA Honors Former Athletes
he averaged 4.6 yards per carry, 17.5 yards per punt return and 29.1 yards per kickoff return. He also intercepted eight passes.
After a brilliant nine-year professional football career with the Cleveland Browns, Brown embarked on an acting career that led him to appearances in "The Dirty Dozen," "Ice Station Zebra," "Rio Conchos," "One Hundred Rifles" and "Riot," among others. He has served as fund-raising coordinator for the Burn Foundation, a Little League volunteer and recruiter and a fund raiser for Syracuse University. In 1972, he organized the "Food First' program to collect food and donations to assist people in Marshall County, Mississippi, the nation's poorest county at the time. He provides financial assistance to the development of musical groups and was responsible for the creation and establishment of the popular rock group Earth, Wind and Fire.
Willie Davis
A two-time team captain for the Grambling Tigers, Davis was selected to several all-America teams as a collegian. After concluding his college career, Davis starred in the professional ranks, gaining his greatest  acclaim  during  his 10
TT^ive outstanding former inter-J. collegiate athletes have been selected by the NCAA as recipients of the Association's Silver Anniversary Awards.
The awards, to honor outstanding athletes who have distinguished themselves in their chosen careers, will be presented to James N. Brown, Syracuse University football, lacrosse, basketball and track athlete; Willie D. Davis, Grambling State University football player; Jack Kemp, Occidental College football and track athlete; Ronald J. Kramer, University of Michigan football, basketball and track athlete, and Jim Swink, Texas Christian University football and basketball player.
The presentations will be made January 11 at the NCAA honors luncheon in Houston. The Association also will honor the Theodore Roosevelt Award winner; recipients of the Today's Top Five Awards (current student-athletes), and U. S. Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy, winner of the NCAA Award of Valor. University of Alabama football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant, who recently won his 315th game to become the most successful coach ever, also will be recognized.
Jimmy Brown
Although recognized as one of
the greatest players in the history of football, Brown was a multisport athlete at Syracuse, gaining all-America recognition in lacrosse and averaging as much as 14 points a game during his sophomore season in basketball.
Still, football was the sport in which Brown gained his fame. In a 1956 game against Colgate, he scored 43 points. As a senior, he averaged 6.2 yards per rushing attempt. For his career at Syracuse,