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color: #000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/American_football_positions" title="American football positions">Position(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">HC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">College</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Tigers_football" title="Georgetown Tigers football">Georgetown (KY)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">High school</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paris_High_School_(Paris,_Kentucky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris High School (Paris, Kentucky)">Paris (KY)</a></td></tr><tr style="background: #DCDCDC; color: none;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career history</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">As coach</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2;">1928–1943</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;"><a href="/wiki/Paris_High_School_(Paris,_Kentucky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris High School (Paris, Kentucky)">Paris HS (KY)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2;">1944–1945</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Navy_Bluejackets_football" title="Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football">Great Lakes Navy</a> (asst.)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2;">1946–1953</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> (asst.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2;">1954–1961</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_football" title="Kentucky Wildcats football">Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2;">1962</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;">Cleveland Browns (asst.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2;">1963–1970</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2;">Cleveland Browns</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data">NFL champion (<a href="/wiki/1964_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1964 Cleveland Browns season">1964</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> Coach of the Year (<a href="/wiki/1954_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1954 Kentucky Wildcats football team">1954</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Records</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Professional</b>: 76–34–2 (.688)<br /><b>College</b>: 41–36–3 (.531)<br /><span class="nowrap"><b>High school</b>: 73–50–10 (.586)</span></td></tr><tr style="background: #ACACAC;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold;">Military career</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Navy seal"><img alt="United States Navy seal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/20px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/30px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="889" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Great_Lakes" title="Naval Station Great Lakes">Great Lakes Training Station</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Blanton Long Collier</b> (July 2, 1906 – March 22, 1983) was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> head coach who coached at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a> between 1954 and 1961 and for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) between 1963 and 1970. His <a href="/wiki/1964_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1964 Cleveland Browns season">1964 Browns team</a> won the <a href="/wiki/1964_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1964 NFL Championship Game">NFL championship</a> and remains the second-most recent <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> professional sports team to win a title.<sup id="cite_ref-yvincdfc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yvincdfc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collier grew up in <a href="/wiki/Paris,_Kentucky" title="Paris, Kentucky">Paris, Kentucky</a>, and attended <a href="/wiki/Paris_High_School_(Paris,_Kentucky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris High School (Paris, Kentucky)">Paris High School</a>. After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_College_(Kentucky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgetown College (Kentucky)">Georgetown College</a>, he returned to his old high school to teach and coach sports for 16 years. Collier left the position to join the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> in 1943 during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. At a naval base outside of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, he met <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">Paul Brown</a>, who was coaching a service football team there. After the war, Brown hired Collier as an assistant coach for the Browns, a team under formation in the <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a>. After seven years as Brown's top aide, a span over which the Cleveland team won five league championships, Collier took a job as head football coach at Kentucky in 1954. His Kentucky Wildcats teams amassed a 41–36–3 <a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">win-loss-tie</a> record over eight seasons. </p><p>Collier was fired after the 1961 season and Brown rehired him as an assistant. <a href="/wiki/Art_Modell" title="Art Modell">Art Modell</a>, the owner of the Browns, then fired Brown in <a href="/wiki/1963_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1963 Cleveland Browns season">1963</a> and promoted Collier to head coach. Under Collier, the Browns reached the NFL championship game four times and won once, in <a href="/wiki/1964_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1964 NFL Championship Game">1964</a>. In eight seasons as a professional football coach with the Browns, they never had a losing season under Collier, who won 69% of his games, one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_head_coach_wins_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League head coach wins leaders">highest winning percentages</a> in NFL history for coaches with at least 100 games coached, which ranks among the top ten ahead of numerous head coaches.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Struggling with hearing loss, Collier retired after the <a href="/wiki/1970_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1970 Cleveland Browns season">1970</a> season, although he remained a scout and quarterbacks coach for several more years. He was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer" title="Prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a> in 1976, and retired to <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, where he died in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-srcoldi_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srcoldi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collier was well-liked by players and renowned as a good sportsman and student of the game. The Kentucky chapter of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Players_Association" title="National Football League Players Association">NFL Players Association</a> in 2007 established the Blanton Collier Award in his honor. The Paris High School football field is named after him. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_college_career">Early life and college career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blanton_Collier&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and college career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Millersburg,_Kentucky" title="Millersburg, Kentucky">Millersburg, Kentucky</a>, to O.H. and Eva (née Long) Collier;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the family moved to nearby <a href="/wiki/Paris,_Kentucky" title="Paris, Kentucky">Paris</a> when Collier was age six.<sup id="cite_ref-yvincdfc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yvincdfc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended from <a href="/wiki/Paris_High_School_(Paris,_Kentucky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris High School (Paris, Kentucky)">Paris High School</a>, where he played <a href="/wiki/High_school_football" title="High school football">football</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_school_basketball" title="High school basketball">basketball</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and worked as a tobacco-picker in the summers during high school.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199767_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199767-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduating, he enrolled at Kentucky's <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_College_(Kentucky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgetown College (Kentucky)">Georgetown College</a>, playing on the football team and earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="High_school_and_assistant_coaching_career">High school and assistant coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blanton_Collier&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: High school and assistant coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collier went to work at Paris High School in 1928 as a mathematics teacher, and coached several of the school's sports teams.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He got the nickname "George" when he was a teacher because he affectionately called most of his male students "George" and most of his female students "Martha".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199767_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199767-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married Mary Varder from Paris in 1930, and spent 16 years at the high school before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1943 during World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier's Paris football team had an overall record of 73–50–10.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_HS_records_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_HS_records-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier was 37 years old when he joined the military; although he likely could have avoided enlisting because he was a teacher and had a family, he felt serving in the war was his duty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199768_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199768-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collier was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Great_Lakes" title="Naval Station Great Lakes">Great Lakes Naval Training Station</a> north of Chicago, where he was a survival swimming instructor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199768_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199768-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Navy, Collier first had trouble with his hearing, a problem that bothered him later in life. He was once called to report to his ship over a loudspeaker, but did not hear it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199768_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199768-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doctors thought his hearing may have been damaged by teaching swimming in a tidal pool or from practicing on the shooting range.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199768_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199768-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "It never became an issue until the Navy, when they figured he had less than 40% of a normal person's hearing," his daughter Kay Collier-Slone said in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199768_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199768-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To compensate for his hearing loss, Collier became an expert lip reader.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199768_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199768-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Great Lakes, Collier went regularly to observe the practices of the station's service football team, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Navy_Bluejackets_football" title="Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football">Great Lakes Bluejackets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim1999140_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim1999140-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There, he met Paul Brown, who had left a head-coaching job at <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> to serve in the Navy and lead the Bluejackets team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim1999140_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim1999140-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier took notes and hoped to pick up some football knowledge he could use when he returned to Paris.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199753_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199753-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown, however, noticed Collier's dedication, and brought him onto his staff as a volunteer assistant.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim1999140_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim1999140-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1945, Brown was hired by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_B._McBride" title="Arthur B. McBride">Arthur B. McBride</a> as the first coach of the Cleveland Browns, a team under formation in the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200711–12_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200711–12-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown hired Collier as a backfield coach for the team, which was set to begin play in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, his specialty was pass defense, but Brown soon rewarded Collier's extensive football knowledge with a broader assistant coaching assignment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collier served under Brown from 1946 to 1953, a period in which the team won all four titles in the AAFC before moving to the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200764,_81,_121,_145_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200764,_81,_121,_145-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That season, the Browns captured the NFL title and then reached but lost the following three championship games.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik2007181,_233,_253,_281_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik2007181,_233,_253,_281-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier's coaching style was the opposite of Brown's; Brown was a disciplinarian whose stern nature and aloofness often brought him into conflict with players, while Collier was a friendly, warm man whose patience and studiousness endeared him to players.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Everything had to be perfect; he was a stickler on perfection – but at the same time, he had great patience," Browns <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a> said.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the 1946 season, Brown asked Collier to analyze every play run by the offense, and Collier came up with a detailed breakdown of why each play succeeded or failed. This was the genesis of an annual grading system Collier developed to evaluate players' performances. The Browns used it for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim1999140–141_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim1999140–141-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="University_of_Kentucky">University of Kentucky</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blanton_Collier&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: University of Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_football" title="Kentucky Wildcats football">University of Kentucky</a> head football coach <a href="/wiki/Bear_Bryant" title="Bear Bryant">Bear Bryant</a> left for <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football" title="Texas A&M Aggies football">Texas A&M University</a> after the 1953 season, Collier accepted an offer to succeed him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim1999141_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim1999141-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stayed at Kentucky for eight years, a span during which the Wildcats football team had a 41–36–3 record, including a 5–2–1 record against arch rival <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_football" title="Tennessee Volunteers football">Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UK_football_history_page_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_football_history_page-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable wins included a 1954 victory at <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football">Georgia Tech</a>, then ranked 15th in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>, and defeats of eighth-ranked <a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_football" title="Ole Miss Rebels football">Ole Miss</a> in 1955 and 12th-ranked Tennessee in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-UK_beats_Georgia_Tech_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_beats_Georgia_Tech-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_beats_Mississippi_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky_beats_Mississippi-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UK_beats_Tennessee,_1957_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_beats_Tennessee,_1957-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954, Collier was named the coach of the year in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite a winning record, Collier was fired in January 1962, when he was making <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>17,500 per year (about $176,000 in 2023 dollars).<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_fired_from_UK_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_fired_from_UK-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was replaced a week later by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bradshaw_(football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlie Bradshaw (football coach)">Charlie Bradshaw</a>, an assistant to Bear Bryant at <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bradshaw_hired_at_UK_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bradshaw_hired_at_UK-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bryant had led the Wildcats to appearances in three major bowl games, but Collier never led the Wildcats to a bowl during his tenure. His best record was in his first year, when the team finished 7–2.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_fired_from_UK_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_fired_from_UK-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kentucky's football program was overshadowed by its successful <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Wildcats basketball">basketball program</a> during Collier's tenure. Collier was also criticized for his poor recruiting skills, a crucial factor for college coaches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199766_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199766-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many fans wrote the university to complain about him and his staff.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_in_SI_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_in_SI-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Still, several future star coaches served as assistants under Collier at Kentucky, including <a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Don Shula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Knox" title="Chuck Knox">Chuck Knox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Schnellenberger" title="Howard Schnellenberger">Howard Schnellenberger</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Arnsparger" title="Bill Arnsparger">Bill Arnsparger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_in_SI_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_in_SI-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Collier_coaching_tree_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_coaching_tree-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Standout players under Collier included <a href="/wiki/All-American" class="mw-redirect" title="All-American">All-Americans</a> <a href="/wiki/Lou_Michaels" title="Lou Michaels">Lou Michaels</a> and Schnellenberger.<sup id="cite_ref-UK_football_history_page_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_football_history_page-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cleveland_Browns">Cleveland Browns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blanton_Collier&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cleveland Browns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After losing his job at Kentucky, Collier said he was unsure what he would do next.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_fired_from_UK_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_fired_from_UK-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Right now I feel I would like to remain in football if the opportunity presents itself," he said.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_fired_from_UK_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_fired_from_UK-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two weeks later, Brown brought him back onto the Cleveland Browns staff as an offensive assistant.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_hired_by_Brown_again_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_hired_by_Brown_again-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier and Brown had remained close friends during his time at Kentucky. Collier attended the Browns' training camps in Ohio during the summers, and Brown's family visited Collier on occasion in <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199753_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199753-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier said he was happy to be back with the Browns, saying it was "like returning home".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199754_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199754-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown praised Collier's teaching and called him a "scientific football man" and "one of my closest friends".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199754_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199754-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the time Collier rejoined the Browns, the team was in the throes of a transition. Art Modell had bought the club in 1961, and was locked in a bitter power struggle with Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199747–49_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199747–49-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two men came into conflict over Brown's autocratic coaching style and his failure to notify Modell about personnel decisions. Brown had held almost complete control over football matters for almost two decades, but Modell was not willing to give Brown the free hand that previous owners had given him. Without informing Modell, Brown in 1962 traded away star <a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">halfback</a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mitchell" title="Bobby Mitchell">Bobby Mitchell</a> for the right to draft <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Davis" title="Ernie Davis">Ernie Davis</a>, a back who won the <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> and surpassed <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Jim Brown</a>'s rushing records at <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199750–51_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199750–51-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis died of <a href="/wiki/Leukemia" title="Leukemia">leukemia</a> before he played a down for the Browns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199752_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199752-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another source of tension between Paul Brown and Modell was Brown's relationship with Jim Brown, the team's star <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fullback (American football)">fullback</a>. Jim Brown grew increasingly independent as he rose to fame. He started a weekly radio show, which grated against Paul Brown's emphasis on discipline and teamwork over individualism. Other players, including quarterback <a href="/wiki/Milt_Plum" title="Milt Plum">Milt Plum</a>, openly questioned Paul Brown's coaching and his control over the team's play-calling.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199748_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199748-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown made some changes as a result of the pressure from his players and Modell, and allowed Collier to put into place a "check-off system" that allowed the quarterback to run several approved alternative plays to the ones Brown called.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199754_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199754-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Collier was praised in the <i>Cleveland Press</i> for instituting the system successfully, however, Brown put an end to it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199754_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199754-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The players believed that Paul was upset when Blanton received some good press," former Browns quarterback <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ninowski" title="Jim Ninowski">Jim Ninowski</a> said in 1997. "Paul just junked Blanton's system, as if to say, 'Hey, I'm running the show now'."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199754–55_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199754–55-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Collier grew apart from Brown, he became closer to Modell, who enjoyed discussing football minutiae with him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199755_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199755-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a 7–6–1 season in 1962, Modell fired Brown and offered the head-coaching job to Collier.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199759,_64_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199759,_64-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier told Modell he first needed the blessing of his wife and of Brown, to whom he still felt a sense of loyalty. He called Brown, who told him he had to take the job because he had a family to support.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199765_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199765-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier accepted a three-year contract that would pay him $35,000 a year (about $348,000 in 2023 dollars).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199765_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199765-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast with Brown, Collier was almost universally liked by players and other coaches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199766–67_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199766–67-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was soft-spoken, which was unusual for a head coach, but he earned the respect of the team with his extensive knowledge and his willingness to give players more freedom than Brown ever did. One significant difference was his approach to play-calling. Like Brown, Collier served as his own play-caller. However, he let <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Frank Ryan (American football)">Frank Ryan</a>, who replaced Plum as the team's starting quarterback in 1963, change plays at the line of scrimmage, and allowed more flexibility in pass routes and blocking schemes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199773–75_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199773–75-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The changes paid off. In 1963, the team finished 10–4, and Jim Brown broke the NFL's single-season rushing record with 1,863 yards.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199773,_77_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199773,_77-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was also voted the league's <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player">Most Valuable Player</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199778_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199778-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cleveland, however, finished a game behind the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>, and did not reach the <a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1963 NFL Championship Game">championship game</a>. The Browns had started out 6–0, but faltered after racial divisions cropped up within the team. Some black players believed white teammates were getting to play ahead of them because of their race.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199778_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199778-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Toward the end of the season, Collier met with the team's leaders and told them the racism had to stop. After the season, he traded away players he thought were sowing discord and opened up a dialogue with those who remained to stamp out the tension.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199779_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199779-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1964_championship">1964 championship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blanton_Collier&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1964 championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cleveland climbed back to the top of the Eastern Conference in 1964 with a 10–3–1 record behind Jim Brown's league-leading 1,446 yards of rushing and reached the <a href="/wiki/1964_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1964 NFL Championship Game">championship game</a> against the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Baltimore_Colts" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1964_statistics_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1964_statistics-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most sportswriters predicted an easy win for the Colts, who led the league in scoring behind quarterback <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Johnny Unitas</a> and halfback <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Moore" title="Lenny Moore">Lenny Moore</a>. The Browns' defense, moreover, was suspect. The team gave up 20 more first downs than any other in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997122–124_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997122–124-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The teams, however, had not faced each other for three years. Before the game, Collier and Colts coach Don Shula agreed to give each other full access to video of regular-season games. Ever the student, Collier took full advantage of the opportunity. The Browns had run what was dubbed a "rubber band" pass defense, allowing short throws while trying to prevent big plays. The Colts' top receivers, however, <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Berry" title="Raymond Berry">Raymond Berry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Orr" title="Jimmy Orr">Jimmy Orr</a>, were not fast. They tended to pick apart defenses with short, tactical completions, which led Collier to institute a man-to-man pass defense for the game. This, he figured, would buy more time for the defensive line and force Unitas to scramble — not his forte.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997131–132_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997131–132-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The strategy worked, and in Cleveland Municipal Stadium two days after <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>, the Browns beat the Colts 27–0.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997148_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997148-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Browns scored 10 points in the third quarter and a further 17 in the fourth, clinching the team's first title since Otto Graham's departure after the 1955 season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997150–151_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997150–151-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_Seasons">Later Seasons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blanton_Collier&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later Seasons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Browns ended with an 11–3 record the following year, and comfortably won the East for the second year in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-1965_statistics_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1965_statistics-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That set up a second straight appearance in the <a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1965 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a>, this time in Green Bay against the Packers. The teams battled it out on a slippery, mucky <a href="/wiki/Lambeau_Field" title="Lambeau Field">Lambeau Field</a> on January 2, 1966. While score was close early on, <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Vince Lombardi</a>'s team held the Browns scoreless in the second half, winning 23–12 in an upset on a <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Paul Hornung</a> touchdown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPage2010206–209_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPage2010206–209-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite Jim Brown's retirement after the 1965 season, the Browns had another four consecutive winning seasons and advanced to the NFL championship game in 1968 and 1969 under Collier, but lost both times.<sup id="cite_ref-Browns_lose_NFL_championship,_1968_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browns_lose_NFL_championship,_1968-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Browns_lose_1969_championship_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browns_lose_1969_championship-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plagued by hearing problems, the 64-year-old coach announced his retirement before the end of the 1970 season, which the Browns finished with a 7–7 record.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_retires_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_retires-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier told Modell that he could no longer hear his players, and it was difficult to read their lips through new face masks that obscured their mouths.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997297_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997297-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modell tried to help by getting Collier to try new hearing aids, and even sent him for <a href="/wiki/Acupuncture" title="Acupuncture">acupuncture</a> treatment, but none of it worked.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199769–70_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199769–70-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier struggled during press conferences because he often could not hear what reporters were asking and answered the wrong questions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199770_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199770-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In eight years as coach, Collier led Cleveland to a championship and a 76–34–2 record.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_retires_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_retires-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Skorich" title="Nick Skorich">Nick Skorich</a>, who came to the Browns as offensive coordinator in 1964, was named as his successor on January 7, 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Skorich_named_Browns_coach_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skorich_named_Browns_coach-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_death">Later life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blanton_Collier&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collier continued to work with the Browns after he stepped down, serving as a scout and quarterbacks coach until leaving the game for good in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim1999144_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim1999144-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the coach of the college team in the 1971 <a href="/wiki/College_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="College All-Star Game">College All-Star Game</a>, a now-defunct matchup between the NFL champion and a selection of the best college players from around the country, replacing former Browns quarterback Otto Graham.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_named_all-star_coach_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_named_all-star_coach-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Georgetown College in 1970 awarded him an honorary doctorate of laws degree.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKelber1992214-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Collier was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer" title="Prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a> in 1976, and retired to a house on a lake in Texas, where he played golf and visited with friends and family.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997297_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997297-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died of the disease in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-srcoldi_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srcoldi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife died in 1996 and was buried next to him in Paris, Kentucky.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997297_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997297-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier and his wife had three daughters, Carolyn, Jane, and Kay.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_HS_records_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_HS_records-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blanton_Collier&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collier was recognized after his death for his sportsmanship, intelligence, and mild manner. He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky_College_of_Education" title="University of Kentucky College of Education">University of Kentucky College of Education</a> Hall of Fame in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_UK_HOF_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_UK_HOF-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, the Kentucky chapter of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Players_Association" title="National Football League Players Association">NFL Players Association</a> established a Blanton Collier Award given annually to a football player or players who excel both on and off the field.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_award_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_award-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Past winners include <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dungy" title="Tony Dungy">Tony Dungy</a>, Jim Brown, <a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Gale Sayers</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Manning_family" title="Manning family">Manning family</a>: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Manning" title="Archie Manning">Archie</a>, Olivia, Cooper, <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">Eli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_award_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_award-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A group of former Kentucky players in 2008 started the Blanton Collier Sportsmanship Group, which promotes ethics, education, and integrity in sports.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_group_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_group-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nonprofit organization now oversees the Blanton Collier Award.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_award_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_award-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Professional_Football_Researchers_Association" title="Professional Football Researchers Association">Professional Football Researchers Association</a> named Collier to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collier was inducted into the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016. </p><p>The football stadium at Paris High School is named after Collier.<sup id="cite_ref-Collier_stadium_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collier_stadium-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Conference</a>)</i> <small>(1954–1961)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1954_college_football_season" title="1954 college football season">1954</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1954 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>7–3</td> <td>5–2</td> <td>T–3rd</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1955_college_football_season" title="1955 college football season">1955</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1955_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1955 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>6–3–1</td> <td>3–3–1</td> <td>T–7th</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1956_college_football_season" title="1956 college football season">1956</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1956_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1956 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>6–4</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>6th</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1957_college_football_season" title="1957 college football season">1957</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1957 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>3–7</td> <td>1–7</td> <td>12th</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1958_college_football_season" title="1958 college football season">1958</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1958_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1958 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>5–4–1</td> <td>3–4–1</td> <td>T–6th</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1959_college_football_season" title="1959 college football season">1959</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1959 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>4–6</td> <td>1–6</td> <td>10th</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_college_football_season" title="1960 college football season">1960</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1960_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1960 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>5–4–1</td> <td>2–4–1</td> <td>9th</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1961_college_football_season" title="1961 college football season">1961</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="1961 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>5–5</td> <td>2–4</td> <td>8th</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Kentucky:</b> </td> <td>41–36–3</td> <td>21–34–3</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dddddd"> <td colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"><b>Total:</b></td> <td>41–36–3</td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NFL">NFL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blanton_Collier&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: NFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Team</th> <th rowspan="2">Year</th> <th colspan="5">Regular Season</th> <th colspan="4">Post Season </th></tr> <tr> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Ties</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Finish</th> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1963_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1963 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a> </th> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>71.4</td> <td>2nd in Eastern Conference</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1964_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1964 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1964_NFL_season" title="1964 NFL season">1964</a> </th> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>76.9</td> <td><b>1st in Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/1964_Baltimore_Colts_season" title="1964 Baltimore Colts season">Baltimore Colts</a> in <a href="/wiki/1964_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1964 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1965_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1965 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>78.6</td> <td><b>1st in Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1965_Green_Bay_Packers_season" title="1965 Green Bay Packers season">Green Bay Packers</a> in <a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1965 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1966_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1966 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1966_NFL_season" title="1966 NFL season">1966</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>64.3</td> <td>2nd in Eastern Conference</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1967_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1967 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_season" title="1967 NFL season">1967</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>64.3</td> <td><b>1st in Century Division</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1967_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1967 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a> in Eastern conference championship game</b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1968_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1968 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1968_NFL_season" title="1968 NFL season">1968</a> </th> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>71.4</td> <td><b>1st in Century Division</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>50.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> in Eastern Conference championship game. <br />Lost to <a href="/wiki/1968_Baltimore_Colts_season" title="1968 Baltimore Colts season">Baltimore Colts</a> in <a href="/wiki/1968_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1968 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1969_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1969 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969</a> </th> <td>10</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>76.9</td> <td><b>1st in Century Division</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>50.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> in Eastern Conference championship game. <br />Lost to <a href="/wiki/1969_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="1969 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a> in <a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1969 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1970 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a> </th> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>50.0</td> <td>2nd in AFC Central</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">CLE Total</th> <th>76</th> <th>34</th> <th>2</th> <th>69.1</th> <th></th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>42.9</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/CollBl0.htm">Pro-Football-Reference</a> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Chicago: Triumph Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57243-725-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57243-725-8"><bdi>978-1-57243-725-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Paul+Brown%3A+The+Man+Who+Invented+Modern+Football&rft.place=Chicago&rft.pub=Triumph+Books&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-57243-725-8&rft.aulast=Cantor&rft.aufirst=George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlanton+Collier" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeim1999" class="citation book cs1">Keim, John (1999). <i>Legends by the Lake: The Cleveland Browns at Municipal Stadium</i>. 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Jefferson, NC: McFarland. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-4809-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-4809-8"><bdi>978-0-7864-4809-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pro+Football+Championships+Before+the+Super+Bowl%3A+A+Year-by-Year+History%2C+1926%E2%80%931965&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+NC&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-4809-8&rft.aulast=Page&rft.aufirst=Joseph+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlanton+Collier" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPiascik2007" class="citation book cs1">Piascik, Andy (2007). <i>The Best Show in Football: The 1946–1955 Cleveland Browns</i>. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58979-571-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58979-571-6"><bdi>978-1-58979-571-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Best+Show+in+Football%3A+The+1946%E2%80%931955+Cleveland+Browns&rft.place=Lanham%2C+MD&rft.pub=Taylor+Trade+Publishing&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-58979-571-6&rft.aulast=Piascik&rft.aufirst=Andy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlanton+Collier" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPluto1997" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pluto" title="Terry Pluto">Pluto, Terry</a> (1997). <i>Browns Town 1964: Cleveland Browns and the 1964 Championship</i>. 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href="/wiki/George_Terlep" title="George Terlep">George Terlep</a></li> <li>70 <a href="/wiki/Ollie_Cline" title="Ollie Cline">Ollie Cline</a></li> <li>72 <a href="/wiki/Lou_Saban" title="Lou Saban">Lou Saban</a></li> <li>74 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Adamle" title="Tony Adamle">Tony Adamle</a></li> <li>76 <a href="/wiki/Marion_Motley" title="Marion Motley">Marion Motley</a></li> <li>80 <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cowan" title="Bob Cowan">Bob Cowan</a></li> <li>82 <a href="/wiki/Tommy_James_(American_football)" title="Tommy James (American football)">Tommy James</a></li> <li>85 <a href="/wiki/Ara_Parseghian" title="Ara Parseghian">Ara Parseghian</a></li> <li>90 <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Jones_(running_back)" title="Edgar Jones (running back)">Edgar Jones</a></li> <li>92 <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Colella" title="Tommy Colella">Tommy Colella</a></li> <li>94 <a href="/wiki/Dean_Sensanbaugher" title="Dean Sensanbaugher">Dean Sensanbaugher</a></li> <li>96 <a href="/wiki/Dub_Jones_(American_football)" title="Dub Jones (American football)">Dub Jones</a></li> <li>99 <a href="/wiki/Bill_Boedeker" title="Bill Boedeker">Bill Boedeker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Head coach:</b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">Paul Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Assistant coaches:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Brickels" title="John Brickels">John Brickels</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Blanton Collier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Edwards_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Edwards (American football coach)">Bill Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_F._Gallagher" title="Richard F. 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colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">20 <a href="/wiki/Hal_Herring" title="Hal Herring">Hal Herring</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gatski" title="Frank Gatski">Frank Gatski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 <a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">Bill Willis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">32 <a href="/wiki/Lin_Houston" title="Lin Houston">Lin Houston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">34 <a href="/wiki/Abe_Gibron" title="Abe Gibron">Abe Gibron</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">35 <a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">36 <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Thompson_(linebacker)" title="Tommy Thompson (linebacker)">Tommy Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">38 <a href="/wiki/Weldon_Humble" title="Weldon Humble">Weldon Humble</a></span></li> <li><span 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