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line-height: 1.2em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: initial;">Paul Brown</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Brown,_American_football_head_coach.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Brown wearing a brown baseball cap on a 1952 Bowman football card" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Paul_Brown%2C_American_football_head_coach.png/220px-Paul_Brown%2C_American_football_head_coach.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="341" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Paul_Brown%2C_American_football_head_coach.png/330px-Paul_Brown%2C_American_football_head_coach.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Paul_Brown%2C_American_football_head_coach.png/440px-Paul_Brown%2C_American_football_head_coach.png 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="1034" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Brown on a 1952 football card</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1908-09-07</span>)</span>September 7, 1908<br /><a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_Ohio" title="Norwalk, Ohio">Norwalk, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">August 5, 1991<span style="display:none">(1991-08-05)</span> (aged 82)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Massillon_Washington_High_School" title="Massillon Washington High School">Massillon Washington</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Massillon,_Ohio" title="Massillon, Ohio">Massillon, Ohio</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Miami_RedHawks_football" title="Miami RedHawks football">Miami (OH)</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a coach:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Severn_School" title="Severn School">Severn School (MD)</a> (1930–1931)<br />Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massillon_Washington_High_School" title="Massillon Washington High School">Massillon Washington HS (OH)</a> (1932–1940)<br />Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a> (1941–1943)<br />Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Navy_Bluejackets_football" title="Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football">Great Lakes Navy</a> (1944–1945)<br />Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> (<a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_season" title="1946 NFL season">1946</a>–<a href="/wiki/1962_NFL_season" title="1962 NFL season">1962</a>)<br />Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> (<a href="/wiki/1968_AFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 AFL season">1968</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975</a>)<br />Head coach</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As an executive:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> (<a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_season" title="1946 NFL season">1946</a>–<a href="/wiki/1962_NFL_season" title="1962 NFL season">1962</a>)<br />General manager & part-owner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a>)<br />Vice president</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> (<a href="/wiki/1968_AFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 AFL season">1968</a>–<a href="/wiki/1991_NFL_season" title="1991 NFL season">1991</a>)<br />Owner & president</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/executives/BrowPa0.htm">Executive profile</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/NFL_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL champion">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1950 NFL Championship Game">1950</a>, <a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1954 NFL Championship Game">1954</a>, <a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1955 NFL Championship Game">1955</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="AP NFL Coach of the Year">AP NFL Coach of the Year</a> (1970)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/NFL_Coach_of_the_Year_Award#UPI_National_Football_League_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Coach of the Year Award">UPI NFL Coach of the Year</a> (1957, 1969, 1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Coach_of_the_Year_Award#AP_AFL_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Coach of the Year Award">AP AFL Coach of the Year</a> (1969)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/NFL_Coach_of_the_Year_Award#Sporting_News_NFL_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Coach of the Year Award"><i>Sporting News</i> Coach of the Year</a> (1949, 1951, 1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">AAFC champion</a> (1946–1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns_Ring_of_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Browns Ring of Honor">Cleveland Browns Ring of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals#Ring_of_Honor" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals Ring of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_National_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship">NCAA national champion</a> (1942)</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/High_School_Football_National_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="High School Football National Championship">High school national champion</a> (1935, 1936, 1939, 1940)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Regular season:</th><td class="infobox-data">213–104–9 (.667)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Postseason:</th><td class="infobox-data">9–8 (.529)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Career:</th><td class="infobox-data">33–13–3 (.704) (college)<br />222–112–9 (.660) (pro)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BrowPa0.htm">Record</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.profootballhof.com/players/paul-brown">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paul Eugene Brown</b> (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> coach and executive in the <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a> (AAFC) and <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). Brown was both the co-founder and first coach of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a>, a team named after him, and later co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a>. His teams won seven league championships in a professional coaching career spanning 25 seasons. </p><p>Brown began his coaching career at <a href="/wiki/Severn_School" title="Severn School">Severn School</a> in 1931 before becoming the head football coach at <a href="/wiki/Massillon_Washington_High_School" title="Massillon Washington High School">Massillon Washington High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Massillon,_Ohio" title="Massillon, Ohio">Massillon, Ohio</a>, where he grew up. His high school teams lost only 10 games in 11 seasons. He was then hired at <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State University</a> and coached the school to its first national football championship in 1942. After World War II, he became head coach of the Browns, who won all four AAFC championships before joining the NFL in 1950. Brown coached the Browns to three NFL championships — in 1950, 1954 and 1955 — but was fired in January 1963 amid a power struggle with team owner <a href="/wiki/Art_Modell" title="Art Modell">Art Modell</a>. In 1968, Brown co-founded and was the first coach of the Bengals. He retired from coaching in 1975 but remained the Bengals' team president until his death in 1991. The Bengals named their home stadium <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Brown Stadium">Paul Brown Stadium</a> in his honor. He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> in 1967. </p><p>Brown is credited with a number of American football innovations. He was the first coach to use game film to scout opponents, hire a full-time staff of assistants, and test players on their knowledge of a playbook.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor20083_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor20083-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He invented the modern <a href="/wiki/Face_mask_(gridiron_football)" title="Face mask (gridiron football)">face mask</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Practice_squad" title="Practice squad">practice squad</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Draw_play" title="Draw play">draw play</a>. He also played a role in breaking professional football's <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation" title="Racial segregation">color barrier</a>, bringing the first <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-Americans</a> to play pro football in the modern era onto his teams.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor20084_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor20084-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite these accomplishments, Brown was not universally liked.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199917–18_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199917–18-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was strict and controlling, which often brought him into conflict with players who wanted a greater say in play-calling. These disputes, combined with Brown's failure to consult Modell on major personnel decisions, led to his firing as the Browns' coach in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997293_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997293-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown grew up in <a href="/wiki/Massillon,_Ohio" title="Massillon, Ohio">Massillon, Ohio</a>, where he moved with his family from <a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_Ohio" title="Norwalk, Ohio">Norwalk</a> when he was nine years of age.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor20088_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor20088-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Lester, was a dispatcher for the <a href="/wiki/Wheeling_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad_(1899%E2%80%931916)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (1899–1916)">Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor20087_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor20087-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003182_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003182-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Massillon was a shipping and steel town obsessed with its <a href="/wiki/Massillon_Washington_High_School#Football" title="Massillon Washington High School">high school</a> and <a href="/wiki/Massillon_Tigers" title="Massillon Tigers">professional</a> football teams, both called the Tigers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor20088–9_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor20088–9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Massillon's main rival at both levels was nearby <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Ohio" title="Canton, Ohio">Canton</a>, a bigger and richer city.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200810–12_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200810–12-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the professional teams folded in the 1920s, the rivalry between the high school teams took center stage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200812–13_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200812–13-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown entered <a href="/wiki/Massillon_Washington_High_School" title="Massillon Washington High School">Massillon Washington High School</a> in 1922. Although he played football as a child, Brown was undersized for the game at less than 150 pounds and at first focused his athletic energies on the <a href="/wiki/Pole_vault" title="Pole vault">pole vault</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200813_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200813-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Stuhldreher" title="Harry Stuhldreher">Harry Stuhldreher</a>, who went on to be one of <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>'s legendary <a href="/wiki/Four_Horsemen_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Horsemen (football)">Four Horsemen</a>, was then the high school quarterback.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003182_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003182-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But Massillon coach Dave Stewart saw Brown's determination to be a good vaulter despite his small size and brought him onto the football team; as a junior in 1924, he took over as the starting quarterback. Massillon posted a <a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">win–loss record</a> of 15–3 in Brown's junior and senior years as the starter.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200813–14_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200813–14-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown graduated in 1925 and enrolled at <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> the following year, hoping to make the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes" title="Ohio State Buckeyes">Buckeyes</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003182_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003182-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200814_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200814-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He never got past the tryout phase.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200815_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200815-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his freshman year, he transferred to <a href="/wiki/Miami_University" title="Miami University">Miami University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Ohio" title="Oxford, Ohio">Oxford, Ohio</a>, where he followed <a href="/wiki/Weeb_Ewbank" title="Weeb Ewbank">Weeb Ewbank</a> as the school's starting quarterback. Under Coach <a href="/wiki/Chester_Pittser" title="Chester Pittser">Chester Pittser</a>, Brown was named to the All-Ohio small-college second team by the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> at the end of 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003182_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003182-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200815_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200815-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In two seasons at Miami, Brown guided the team to a 14–3 record. He was a member of the Kappa chapter of <a href="/wiki/Delta_Kappa_Epsilon" title="Delta Kappa Epsilon">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200815_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200815-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married his high school sweetheart Katie Kester the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200816_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200816-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Brown_encyclopedia_entry_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown_encyclopedia_entry-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown had taken pre-law at Miami and considered studying history on a <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_Scholarship" title="Rhodes Scholarship">Rhodes Scholarship</a>, but after college he instead took his first job as a coach. On Stewart's recommendation, <a href="/wiki/Severn_School" title="Severn School">Severn School</a>, a private prep school in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, hired him in 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200816–17_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200816–17-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="High_school_coaching_career">High school coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: High school coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Severn_School">Severn School</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Severn School"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown spent two very successful years at Severn. The team was undefeated in his first season and won the Maryland state championship.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200817_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200817-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1931, the team's <a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">win-loss-tie record</a> was 5–2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200817_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200817-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown's overall record was 12–2–1. After his second year, Massillon's head coaching job became available, and Brown took the position.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200818_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200818-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Massillon_Tigers">Massillon Tigers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Massillon Tigers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown returned to Massillon in 1932, when he was 24 years old and barely two years out of college. His assignment was to turn around a Tigers team that had fallen into mediocrity over the six seasons since the departure of Stewart, Brown's old coach. In 1931, the year before Brown arrived, the Tigers finished with a 2–6–2 record. Brown's strategy was to build up a disciplined, hard-working team. He fired an assistant early on for arriving at a practice late because he had to work on his farm.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200820_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200820-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No Tigers player was allowed to sit on the bench during a game; Brown made them stand. At Massillon, Brown put in an offense and blocking scheme he learned from <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke</a>'s <a href="/wiki/James_DeHart" class="mw-redirect" title="James DeHart">Jimmy DeHart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Noble_Kizer" title="Noble Kizer">Noble Kizer</a>. He emphasized quickness over strength.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200821_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200821-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Legendary_Sentry_at_Paul_Brown_Tiger_Stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Legendary_Sentry_at_Paul_Brown_Tiger_Stadium.jpg/220px-Legendary_Sentry_at_Paul_Brown_Tiger_Stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Legendary_Sentry_at_Paul_Brown_Tiger_Stadium.jpg/330px-Legendary_Sentry_at_Paul_Brown_Tiger_Stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Legendary_Sentry_at_Paul_Brown_Tiger_Stadium.jpg/440px-Legendary_Sentry_at_Paul_Brown_Tiger_Stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Brown convinced Massillon Washington officials to build a new, bigger football stadium. Completed in 1939, the facility is named <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown_Tiger_Stadium" title="Paul Brown Tiger Stadium">Paul Brown Tiger Stadium</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In his first season at Massillon, Brown's team posted a 5–4–1 record, better than the previous year but far from Brown's exacting standards.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200822_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200822-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tigers improved again in 1933, ending with an 8–2 record but losing to their chief rivals, the <a href="/wiki/Canton_McKinley_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton McKinley High School">Canton McKinley High School</a> Bulldogs. In 1934, Massillon won all of its games until a 21–6 defeat to Canton in the final game of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200825_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200825-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the pressure on Brown grew to turn the tables on Canton, Massillon finally accomplished the feat the following year in an undefeated season, the first of several with Brown at the helm.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200827_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200827-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By then, Brown had put his system into place: a strict, systematic approach to coaching combined with a well-organized recruitment network that drew promising young players from Massillon's junior high school football program.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200829_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200829-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He paid no attention to race, and brought several African-American players onto the team at a time when many northern schools excluded them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200830_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200830-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the ensuing five seasons, Massillon lost only one game, a 7–0 defeat at <a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle, Pennsylvania</a>, in 1937 after several players came down with the flu. As the Tigers' prestige grew, Brown in 1936 convinced the school to build a new stadium almost triple the size of the existing 7,000-seat facility. The stadium was finished in 1939, and is now named after Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200832–33_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200832–33-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pinnacle of Brown's career at Massillon was a victory in the 1940 season against Toledo's <a href="/wiki/Waite_High_School_(Toledo,_Ohio)" title="Waite High School (Toledo, Ohio)">Waite High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200834–36_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200834–36-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tigers and Waite both went undefeated in the 1939 season, and both claimed the state championship. The teams decided to settle the score the following year, and Brown's team won 28–0.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200834–36_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200834–36-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Massillon 1940 squad is still regarded by historians as one of the best in the history of state high school football.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200836_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200836-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a pre-season scrimmage, the Massillon Tigers played the Kent State University Golden Flashes, and defeated the older college team 47–0.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his nine years at Massillon, Brown invented the <a href="/wiki/Football_playbook" class="mw-redirect" title="Football playbook">playbook</a>, a detailed listing of formations and set plays, and tested his players on their knowledge of it. He also originated the practice of sending in plays to his quarterback from the sideline using hand signals.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200831_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200831-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His overall record at the school was 80–8–2, including a 35-game winning streak.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003183_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003183-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199919_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199919-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1935 and 1940, the team won the state football championship five times and won the <a href="/wiki/High_School_Football_National_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="High School Football National Championship">High School Football National Championship</a> four times, outscoring opponents by 2,393 points to 168 over that span. After the early losses to Canton, the Tigers beat the Bulldogs six straight times.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003183_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003183-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown's legacy in Massillon is still honored to this day: the Tiger teams wear his initials on the front shoulder of their uniforms, and a portrait of Brown is permanently displayed on the scoreboard of Paul Brown Tiger Stadium. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_and_military_career">College and military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: College and military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ohio_State_Buckeyes">Ohio State Buckeyes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ohio State Buckeyes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown's success at Massillon raised his profile in Ohio considerably; people started calling him the "Miracle Man of Massillon."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200841_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200841-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Ohio State was looking for a new coach in 1940 – <a href="/wiki/Francis_Schmidt" title="Francis Schmidt">Francis Schmidt</a> left after losing to the rival <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan Wolverines</a> three times in a row – Brown was a candidate for the job. Ohio State officials were skeptical about the 33-year-old making the transition to college football but were worried that they might lose talented high school recruits loyal to Brown if they did not sign him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200841–42_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200841–42-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ohio State offered Brown a $6,500 salary ($130,000 in 2023 dollars), about $1,500 above his Massillon pay.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200843_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200843-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He accepted in January 1941 and immediately began to institute his rigorous system.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200843–44_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200843–44-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Players were drilled and quizzed, and Brown focused on preparing the freshmen to take starting roles as graduating seniors left.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200845_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200845-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He conditioned his players to emphasize quickness, adopting the 40-yard dash as a measure of speed because that was the distance players needed to run to cover a punt.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200845_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200845-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown's first year at Ohio State was a success. The Buckeyes won six of eight games in 1941; the only loss was to <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> and its star quarterback, <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200847_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200847-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final game of the season was a 20–20 tie with Michigan, which the school's supporters saw as a good outcome given that Ohio State was a heavy underdog.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200850_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200850-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Buckeyes tied for second place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Western Conference</a>, a grouping of college teams from the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a> (now known as the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a>), and finished 13th in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>. Brown was fourth in balloting for national Coach of the Year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003192_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003192-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan's <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a> on December 7, 1941, threatened to derail the 1942 season, but most college teams played on, adjusting schedules to include military teams composed of players serving in the military.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200851_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200851-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Buckeyes opened the season by beating a <a href="/wiki/Fort_Knox" title="Fort Knox">Fort Knox</a> team 59–0, followed by two more wins against <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">Southern California</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200852_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200852-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first AP Poll of the season, Ohio State was ranked best in the nation, the first time the school had achieved that mark.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200852_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200852-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1942 team was the first composed mainly of players hand-picked by Brown, including <a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">Bill Willis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dante_Lavelli" title="Dante Lavelli">Dante Lavelli</a> and star halfback <a href="/wiki/Les_Horvath" title="Les Horvath">Les Horvath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200851–52_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200851–52-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the middle of the season, the Buckeyes lost to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin">University of Wisconsin</a> after numerous players drank bad water and got sick.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200853_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200853-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That was the team's only loss of the season, which culminated with a 21–7 victory over Michigan. The Buckeyes won the Western Conference and claimed their first-ever <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I-A_national_football_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I-A national football championship">national title</a> after finishing the season at the top of the AP Poll.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200855–58_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200855–58-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1943 season was a disaster for Brown and the Buckeyes. Depleted by the military draft and facing tough competition from teams on Army and Navy bases, Brown was forced to play 17-year-old recruits who had not yet enlisted.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200859_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200859-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ohio State had affiliated itself with the <a href="/wiki/Army_Specialized_Training_Program" title="Army Specialized Training Program">Army Specialized Training Program</a>, which did not allow its trainees to participate in varsity sports, while schools such as Michigan and <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University" title="Purdue University">Purdue</a> became part of the Navy's <a href="/wiki/V-12_Navy_College_Training_Program" title="V-12 Navy College Training Program">V-12</a> training program, which did. The Buckeyes ended with a 3–6 record. In three seasons at Ohio State, Brown amassed an 18–8–1 record.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003182_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003182-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_Lakes_Bluejackets">Great Lakes Bluejackets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Great Lakes Bluejackets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown was classified <a href="/wiki/Class_1-A" class="mw-redirect" title="Class 1-A">1-A</a> in 1944 and commissioned as a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(junior_grade)" title="Lieutenant (junior grade)">lieutenant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003217_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003217-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Brown_reclassified_1-A_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown_reclassified_1-A-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Brown_commissioned_in_Navy_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown_commissioned_in_Navy-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served at the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Naval_Training_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Lakes Naval Training Station">Great Lakes Naval Training Station</a> outside <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> as head coach of its <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Navy_Bluejackets_football" title="Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football">Bluejacket football team</a>, which competed against other <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_military_service_football_teams" title="List of World War II military service football teams">service teams</a> and college programs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPark2003222_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPark2003222-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station was a waypoint for Navy recruits between training and active service in World War II, but its commanders took athletics seriously and saw winning as a morale-booster and a point of personal pride.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200863_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200863-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown could have been called up for active duty – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinkle" title="Tony Hinkle">Tony Hinkle</a>, his predecessor, was already serving in the Pacific – but the war began to wind down as Brown arrived.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200863_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200863-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown had little time to institute his system, and instead adopted Hinkle's offensive scheme, borrowed from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200864_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200864-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had a smattering of talented players, including defensive end <a href="/wiki/George_Young_(American_football_player)" title="George Young (American football player)">George Young</a> and halfback <a href="/wiki/Ara_Parseghian" title="Ara Parseghian">Ara Parseghian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200864_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200864-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1944, the team lost to Ohio State and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">Notre Dame</a>, but finished with a 9–2–1 record and was among the top 20 teams in the AP Poll.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200864–65_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200864–65-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1944, <a href="/wiki/Arch_Ward" title="Arch Ward">Arch Ward</a>, the influential sports editor of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i>, proposed a new eight-team professional football league called the <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a> (AAFC) to compete against the more established <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) once the war was over.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200865_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200865-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ward lined up wealthy owners for the new league, which included teams in Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200866–67_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200866–67-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Arthur_B._McBride" title="Arthur B. McBride">Arthur B. "Mickey" McBride</a>, a taxi-cab magnate who made a fortune in the newspaper business, was the owner of the Cleveland franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200867_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200867-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Brown was preparing for the 1945 Bluejackets season, Ward came on McBride's behalf to ask Brown if he wanted to coach the new team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200868_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200868-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McBride offered $17,500 a year ($300,000 in today's dollars) – more than any coach at any level - and full authority over football matters. He also received a stake in the team and a stipend while he was still in the military.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200868_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200868-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-latimesblogs.latimes.com_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimesblogs.latimes.com-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 8, 1945, Brown accepted the job, saying he was sad to leave Ohio State, but he "couldn't turn down this deal in fairness to my family."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200869_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200869-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was still Ohio State's head coach in absentia, and the decision surprised and outraged school officials who expected him to return after the war.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200869_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200869-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AAFC did not start play until after the war, however, and Brown continued to get ready for the 1945 season at Great Lakes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200869,_80_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200869,_80-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, many of his best players were transferred to bases on the West Coast as the focus of the war shifted to the Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200870_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200870-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team started with a 0–4–1 record, but rattled off six straight wins after the war ended and players returned from service overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200871–72_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200871–72-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within weeks of Brown's final Bluejackets game, a 39–7 victory over Notre Dame, he set off for his new job in Cleveland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200872–73_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200872–73-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_coaching_career">Professional coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Professional coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cleveland_Browns_in_the_AAFC_(1946–1949)"><span id="Cleveland_Browns_in_the_AAFC_.281946.E2.80.931949.29"></span>Cleveland Browns in the AAFC (1946–1949)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cleveland Browns in the AAFC (1946–1949)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the time Brown arrived in Cleveland, the team had signed a number of players to its roster, including quarterback Otto Graham, whose Northwestern squad had beaten the Buckeyes in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200719–20_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200719–20-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the players came from Ohio State, Great Lakes and Massillon teams that Brown coached. <a href="/wiki/Lou_Groza" title="Lou Groza">Lou Groza</a>, a placekicker and tackle, played for Brown at Ohio State before the war intervened. Receiver <a href="/wiki/Dante_Lavelli" title="Dante Lavelli">Dante Lavelli</a> was a sophomore on Ohio State's championship-winning team in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200721_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200721-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">Bill Willis</a>, a defensive lineman whom Brown coached at Ohio State, and <a href="/wiki/Marion_Motley" title="Marion Motley">Marion Motley</a>, a running back who grew up in Canton and played for Brown at Great Lakes, became two of the first black athletes to play professional football when they joined the team in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200736–43_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200736–43-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other signings included receiver <a href="/wiki/Mac_Speedie" title="Mac Speedie">Mac Speedie</a>, center <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gatski" title="Frank Gatski">Frank Gatski</a> and back <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Jones_(running_back)" title="Edgar Jones (running back)">Edgar "Special Delivery" Jones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200721–25_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200721–25-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown brought in assistants including <a href="/wiki/Blanton_Collier" title="Blanton Collier">Blanton Collier</a>, who had been stationed at Great Lakes and met Brown at Bluejackets practices.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200881_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200881-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name of the team was at first left up to Brown, who rejected calls for it to be christened the Browns in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenkel200510_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenkel200510-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McBride then held a contest to name the team in May 1945, which yielded the name "Panthers," which had previously been used by <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Panthers" title="Cleveland Panthers">an earlier team</a> that had played in Cleveland in the 1920s. However, the nickname was scrapped soon afterward. Depending on the source, Brown rejected it after learning that the Panthers had failed (according to this version, Brown said, "That old Panthers team failed. I want no part of that name."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200877_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200877-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), or McBride balked at paying the owner of the original Panthers for the rights to use the name.<sup id="cite_ref-latimesblogs.latimes.com_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimesblogs.latimes.com-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whatever the case, in August, McBride gave in to popular demand and christened the team the Browns, despite Paul Brown's objections.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200876_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200876-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For years, however, Brown claimed that the second name-the-team contest yielded the name "Brown Bombers," after then-world heavyweight boxing champion <a href="/wiki/Joe_Louis" title="Joe Louis">Joe Louis</a>, whose nickname was "The Brown Bomber." According to this version, when Brown rejected the nickname "Panthers," he decided that the team needed a nickname befitting a champion, and felt the nickname "Brown Bombers" was appropriate. The name was reportedly shortened to simply "Browns." This alternate history of the name was even supported by the team as being factual as recently as the mid-1990s,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it continues as an <a href="/wiki/Urban_legend" title="Urban legend">urban legend</a> to this day. However, Paul Brown never held fast to the Joe Louis story, and later in his life admitted that it was false, invented to deflect unwanted attention arising from the team being named after him. The Browns and the NFL now both support the position that the team was indeed named after Paul Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-latimesblogs.latimes.com_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimesblogs.latimes.com-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the roster fixed and the team's name chosen, Brown set out to build a dynasty. "I want to be what the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> are in baseball or <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hogan" title="Ben Hogan">Ben Hogan</a> is in golf", he said.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200878_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200878-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a training camp at <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_State_University" title="Bowling Green State University">Bowling Green State University</a>, the Browns played their first game in September 1946 at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Cleveland Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200887_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200887-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A crowd of 60,135 people showed up to see the Browns beat the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Seahawks" title="Miami Seahawks">Miami Seahawks</a> 44–0, then a record attendance mark for professional football.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200887–88_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200887–88-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That touched off a string of wins; the team ended the season with a 12–2 record and the top spot in the AAFC's western division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200888_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200888-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Browns then beat the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees_(AAFC)" title="New York Yankees (AAFC)">AAFC's New York Yankees</a> in the championship.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200890_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200890-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cleveland won the AAFC championship again in 1947 behind an offensive attack that employed the forward pass more frequently and effectively than was typical at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200893_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200893-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Browns' offensive success was driven by Brown's version of the <a href="/wiki/T_formation" title="T formation">T formation</a>, which was gradually replacing the <a href="/wiki/Single-wing_formation" title="Single-wing formation">single-wing formation</a> as football's most popular and effective scheme.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200879_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200879-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Browns won every game in the 1948 season, a feat that went unmatched until the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> (coached by Brown disciple <a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Don Shula</a>) did it in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200893_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200893-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cleveland then won the AAFC championship for the fourth time in a row in 1949. By then, however, the league was struggling for survival, due in part to the Browns' dominance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008100–101_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008100–101-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Attendance at games dwindled in 1948 and 1949 as fans lost interest in lopsided victories, and at the end of the 1949 season the AAFC dissolved. Three of its teams, the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts_(1947%E2%80%931950)" title="Baltimore Colts (1947–1950)">Baltimore Colts</a> and the Browns, merged into the NFL.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008100–101_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008100–101-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Browns picked up a few good former AAFC players from other teams, including offensive guard <a href="/wiki/Abe_Gibron" title="Abe Gibron">Abe Gibron</a> and defensive end <a href="/wiki/Len_Ford" title="Len Ford">Len Ford</a>, but some observers saw Brown's team as the lone standout in an otherwise minor league.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008102–103_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008102–103-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cleveland_Browns_in_the_NFL_(1950–1955)"><span id="Cleveland_Browns_in_the_NFL_.281950.E2.80.931955.29"></span>Cleveland Browns in the NFL (1950–1955)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cleveland Browns in the NFL (1950–1955)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Browns' first game in the NFL in 1950 was against the two-time defending champion <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> in Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008103_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008103-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They won the game 35–10, the first of 10 victories that year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008105,_110_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008105,_110-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After beating the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> in a playoff game, the Browns went on to win the championship game against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> on a last-minute field goal by Groza.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008115,_121_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008115,_121-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The flag of the late lamented AAFC flies high, and Paul Brown has the last laugh", the <i>Plain Dealer'</i>s editorial page proclaimed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008121_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008121-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown said his was "the greatest football team a coach ever had, and there was never a game like this one."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008121_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008121-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 16 seasons, Brown had led his teams to 12 championships. He was the first head coach to win both a college and NFL championship, a feat not repeated until <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(American_football_coach)" title="Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)">Jimmy Johnson</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Barry_Switzer" title="Barry Switzer">Barry Switzer</a> did it with the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> in the 1990s,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008122_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008122-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Pete_Carroll" title="Pete Carroll">Pete Carroll</a> who accomplished the feat with <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_football" title="USC Trojans football">USC</a> in 2004 and the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks" title="Seattle Seahawks">Seattle Seahawks</a> in <a href="/wiki/2013_NFL_season" title="2013 NFL season">2013</a>. </p><p>As the Browns climbed to the top of the NFL, speculation began to mount that Brown might return to the Buckeyes. <a href="/wiki/Wes_Fesler" title="Wes Fesler">Wes Fesler</a> had resigned as the team's coach, and Brown was seen as a possible replacement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008113_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008113-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But Brown had also alienated many Ohio State alumni by failing to return to the school after World War II and for signing away players including Groza before their college eligibility expired.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevy1965106_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELevy1965106-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He interviewed with the university's athletic board on January 27, 1951, but the board unanimously rejected Brown in favor of <a href="/wiki/Woody_Hayes" title="Woody Hayes">Woody Hayes</a>, who was unanimously endorsed by the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of trustees">board of trustees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVare197373–76_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVare197373–76-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Browns_coach_Paul_Brown_with_players,_1952.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Browns_coach_Paul_Brown_with_players%2C_1952.jpg/220px-Browns_coach_Paul_Brown_with_players%2C_1952.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Browns_coach_Paul_Brown_with_players%2C_1952.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Brown on the sideline in 1952 in the driving rain.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Browns reached the championship each of the next three years, but lost all of those games.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008124,_132,_137_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008124,_132,_137-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In both 1952 and 1953, Cleveland lost championships to the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>, who were then on the rise after decades of mediocrity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008128,_132,_137_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008128,_132,_137-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the 1953 season, McBride sold the team to a group of local businessmen led by <a href="/wiki/David_Jones_(Browns_owner)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Jones (Browns owner)">David Jones</a> for $600,000 ($6.8 million in 2023 dollars). While Brown was upset that McBride did not consult him about the deal, the new owners said they would stay out of the picture and let Brown run the team. Brown saw this as a crucial issue: he felt he needed full control over personnel decisions and coaching to make his system work.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008133_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008133-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Graham announced in 1953 that the following season would be his last.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008137_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008137-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the team won the championship in 1954 in a rematch against the Lions, and Brown convinced Graham to come back.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008143,_145–146_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008143,_145–146-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cleveland finished 1955 with a 9–2–1 record, reaching the championship game again.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008147_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008147-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Browns beat the Rams for their second straight championship, and Graham retired after the season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008148_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008148-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years_in_Cleveland_(1956–1963)"><span id="Later_years_in_Cleveland_.281956.E2.80.931963.29"></span>Later years in Cleveland (1956–1963)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Later years in Cleveland (1956–1963)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With Graham gone and the quarterback situation in flux, the Browns ended 1956 with a 5–7 record, Paul Brown's first losing season as a professional coach.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008150_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008150-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the next year's draft, the team selected <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Jim Brown</a> out of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a>. As television began to help football leapfrog baseball as America's most popular sport, Jim Brown became a larger-than-life personality.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008153_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008153-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was handsome and charismatic in private and dominant on the field.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008153_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008153-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paul Brown, however, was critical of some aspects of Jim Brown's game, including his disinclination to block.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008154–155_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008154–155-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Jim Brown's first season, the team reached the championship game, again against the Lions, but lost 59–14. The Browns did not contend for the championship in the following two years, when a Baltimore Colts team coached by Brown's former protégé <a href="/wiki/Weeb_Ewbank" title="Weeb Ewbank">Weeb Ewbank</a> won a pair of titles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008158_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008158-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Jim Brown's star rose, players began to question Paul Brown's leadership and play-calling in the late 1950s. The skepticism came to a head in a game against the Giants at the end of the 1958 season in which a win or tie would have given the Browns a spot in the championship game against Ewbank's Colts. In the third quarter, the Browns drove to New York's 16-yard line with a 10–3 lead and lined up for a field goal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008160_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008160-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But Coach Brown called a timeout before Groza could make the try, which alerted the Giants to a possible fake kick.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008161_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008161-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown indeed called a fake, and the holder stumbled as he got up to throw, ruining the play.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008161_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008161-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Giants came back to win the game by a field goal, defeated the Browns 10–0 in a playoff for the Eastern Conference title and reached the championship, while the Browns went home without a spot in the title game for the second year in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008161–162_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008161–162-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paul Brown blamed the struggles on quarterback <a href="/wiki/Milt_Plum" title="Milt Plum">Milt Plum</a>, whom the team had drafted in 1957, saying the Browns had "lost faith in Plum's ability to play under stress."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008162_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008162-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the players were instead losing faith in Coach Brown and his autocratic style.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008162_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008162-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jim Brown started a weekly radio show, which Paul Brown did not like; it undercut his control over the team and its message. But the coach found it hard to question Jim Brown given his feats on the field, and the tension between the two men grew.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008165_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008165-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team finished second in its division in 1959 and 1960, even as Jim Brown racked up league-leading seasons in rushing.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008164_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008164-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Art_Modell" title="Art Modell">Art Modell</a>, a New York advertising executive, bought the team in 1961 for $4.1 million ($42 million today).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacCambridge2005167_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacCambridge2005167-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modell, who was 35 years old at the time, bought out Brown's 15% stake in the team for $500,000 and gave Brown a new eight-year contract.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008166_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008166-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said he and Brown would have a "working partnership", and began to play a more direct role than previous owners in the team's operation. This angered Brown, who was used to having a free hand in football matters.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008167_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008167-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modell, who was single and only a few years older than most players, started to listen to their concerns about the coach.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008168_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008168-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became particularly close to Jim Brown, calling him "my senior partner".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008170_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008170-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modell sat in the press box during games and could be overheard second-guessing Paul Brown's play-calling, which drove a deeper wedge between the two men. At that time, Brown was the only coach who insisted on calling every offensive play, making use of rotating guards to ferry coaching instructions.<sup id="cite_ref-NotPaul_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NotPaul-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quarterback audibles to change the play at the line of scrimmage in response to defensive positioning were not permitted.<sup id="cite_ref-NotPaul_119-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NotPaul-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Plum openly questioned Paul Brown's absolute control over play-calling, he was traded to Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008169_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008169-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The conflict between Brown and Modell reached a breaking point when Brown traded star halfback <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mitchell" title="Bobby Mitchell">Bobby Mitchell</a> for the rights to <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Davis" title="Ernie Davis">Ernie Davis</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a>-winning running back who broke all of Jim Brown's rushing records at Syracuse.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008169–170_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008169–170-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paul Brown did not inform Modell of the move, and Modell only heard about it after getting a call from <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> owner <a href="/wiki/George_Preston_Marshall" title="George Preston Marshall">George Preston Marshall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008170_118-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008170-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis, however, was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Leukemia" title="Leukemia">leukemia</a> before the 1962 season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008172_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008172-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He came to Cleveland to train after the cancer went into remission, but Brown would not allow him to play. Modell, however, wanted to give Davis a chance to play before he succumbed to the disease.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008172_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008172-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, the relationship between coach and owner was never repaired, and Ernie Davis never played in a professional game, dying on May 18, 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008173_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008173-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Departure_from_Cleveland">Departure from Cleveland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Departure from Cleveland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the rift between the players and Brown and between Modell and Brown grew, Modell fired Brown on January 7, 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008175_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008175-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A controversy developed over the timing of the decision amid a local newspaper strike, which limited discussion of the move. A printing company executive, however, got together a group of sportswriters and published a 32-page magazine fielding players' views on the firing. Opinions were mixed; Modell came in for his share of criticism, but tackle and team captain <a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormack_(American_football)" title="Mike McCormack (American football)">Mike McCormack</a> said he did not think the team could win under Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELebovitz200613–14_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELebovitz200613–14-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Blanton_Collier" title="Blanton Collier">Blanton Collier</a>, Brown's longtime assistant, was named the team's new head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008178–179_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008178–179-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown remained with the team as vice president and continued to receive an $82,500 salary under his eight-year contract, though the position had no true power in what he told <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> was a "vice president in charge of I-don't-know-what."<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown reportedly wished to purchase the Eagles, who were put on sale by the <a href="/wiki/Happy_Hundred" title="Happy Hundred">Happy Hundred</a> on April 19, and he led a group of investors that offered $4.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modell supported his effort regardless of their dispute, telling the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> that he would "not stand in [Brown's] way if he wants to buy the Eagles."<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite his success in Cleveland, the news drew mixed reaction from Philadelphians as opponents saw little reason to replace the current front office or were hesitant to see an "outsider" owning their team.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By May, however, Brown had lost interest in the bid, and an article from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Plain_Dealer" title="The Plain Dealer">The Plain Dealer</a></i> claimed it "remains doubtful whether Brown ever seriously considered purchasing the Eagles" and that "no attempt was made to put together a group and he hasn't visited Philadelphia since the Browns took a licking there last fall."<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Out of football for the first time since 1930, Brown spent the next five years away from the sidelines, never once attending a Browns contest. As the team's vice president, he spoke little to Modell, only briefly doing so in 1963 to discuss scouting; Modell explained in 1964 that he did not order Brown to carry out any major responsibilities as it "would have been ludicrous to give a man of his stature piddling assignments."<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While he was secure financially, Brown's frustration grew with each passing year. "It was terrible", he later recalled. "I had everything a man could want: leisure, enough money, a wonderful family. Yet with all that, I was eating my heart out."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008181_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008181-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because Brown was still receiving his annual salary and liked to play golf, it was said that the only two people who made more money playing golf were <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Palmer" title="Arnold Palmer">Arnold Palmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus" title="Jack Nicklaus">Jack Nicklaus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevy1965188_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELevy1965188-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown explored coaching possibilities, but he was mindful not to put himself in a position where his control might be challenged as it had been in Cleveland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008181_135-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008181-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1963, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Titans_(AFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Titans (AFL)">New York Titans</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a> (AFL) offered him the head coach job for $50,000 but failed.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four years later, the AFL, which had formed to compete against the NFL, put a new franchise in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008182_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008182-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown had the third-largest stake in the team, and was the front man for the ownership group. He became general manager and head coach, and was also given the right to represent the team in all league matters, a key element of control for him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008182_138-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008182-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cincinnati_Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Cincinnati Bengals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown called his new franchise the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Bengals</a> because Cincinnati had a team of that name in the 1930s and he thought it would provide a link to the past.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008183_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008183-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown's son <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(American_football_executive)" title="Mike Brown (American football executive)">Mike</a> joined the front office and became his father's top assistant and right-hand man.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008183_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008183-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown brought in other assistants including <a href="/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(center)" title="Bill Johnson (center)">Bill Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Forzano" title="Rick Forzano">Rick Forzano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Bill Walsh</a>. In their first two seasons in 1968 and 1969, the Bengals fared poorly, but the team appeared to be on the upswing as Brown built up a core group of players through the draft, including quarterback <a href="/wiki/Greg_Cook" title="Greg Cook">Greg Cook</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008185_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008185-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bengals entered the NFL in 1970 as a result of the <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">AFL–NFL merger</a> and were placed in the newly formed <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">American Football Conference</a> alongside the Browns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008186_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008186-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A career-ending injury to Cook before the 1970 season forced the Bengals to rely on <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Carter" title="Virgil Carter">Virgil Carter</a>, an emergency backup who could make accurate short passes but could not throw the ball deep like Cook once could.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008187_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008187-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown and Walsh went to work designing an offense around Carter's limitations, a scheme that was the genesis of the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_offense" title="West Coast offense">West Coast offense</a> Walsh later used to great effect when he became coach of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008187_142-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008187-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bengals lost their first meeting with the Browns 30–27 in 1970, and Brown was booed when he did not come on the field to shake Collier's hand after the game.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008188_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008188-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "I haven't shaken the other coach's hands after a game for years", Brown explained. "... I went up to him before the game, and we did our socializing then."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008188_143-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008188-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bengals beat the Browns later in the season. Brown called it "my greatest victory."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008191_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008191-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the Bengals' head coach, Brown took the team to the playoffs three times including 1970. Despite finding a franchise quarterback in <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Ken Anderson</a>, Brown's team never got past the first round of the postseason tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008194–198_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008194–198-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four days after the Bengals were eliminated from the playoffs in 1975, Brown announced he was retiring after 45 years of coaching.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008199_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008199-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game had changed dramatically during his time in the NFL, growing from America's second sport to the country's biggest and most lucrative pastime.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008199_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008199-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was 67 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008193_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008193-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<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=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Brown_Stadium.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Paul_Brown_Stadium.JPG/220px-Paul_Brown_Stadium.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Paul_Brown_Stadium.JPG/330px-Paul_Brown_Stadium.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Paul_Brown_Stadium.JPG/440px-Paul_Brown_Stadium.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>The Bengals' stadium was named after Paul Brown from 2000 to 2022.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bill Walsh was passed over in favor of Bill "Tiger" Johnson for the head coaching job when Brown retired. In a 2006 interview, Walsh said Brown worked against his candidacy to be a head coach anywhere in the league. "All the way through I had opportunities, and I never knew about them", Walsh said. "And then when I left him, he called whoever he thought was necessary to keep me out of the NFL."<sup id="cite_ref-Farmer_on_Brown_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farmer_on_Brown-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown stayed on as team president after stepping down as head coach, and the Bengals later made two trips to the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>, losing both games to Walsh and the 49ers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008200–202_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008200–202-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He rarely appeared in public, however. He died on August 5, 1991, at home from complications of pneumonia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008202–203_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008202–203-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown and Katie had three sons: Robin, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(American_football_executive)" title="Mike Brown (American football executive)">Mike</a> and Pete. Following Katie's death of a heart attack in 1969, he married his former secretary Mary Rightsell in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008186_141-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008186-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son Robin died of cancer in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-Robin_Brown_dies_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robin_Brown_dies-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Massillon. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_grave_of_legendary_football_coach_Paul_Brown.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/The_grave_of_legendary_football_coach_Paul_Brown.jpg/220px-The_grave_of_legendary_football_coach_Paul_Brown.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/The_grave_of_legendary_football_coach_Paul_Brown.jpg/330px-The_grave_of_legendary_football_coach_Paul_Brown.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/The_grave_of_legendary_football_coach_Paul_Brown.jpg/440px-The_grave_of_legendary_football_coach_Paul_Brown.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1345" data-file-height="1770" /></a><figcaption>The grave marker of Paul Brown, Rose Hill Memorial Park, Massillon, Ohio</figcaption></figure> <p>Brown was succeeded by his son Mike as Bengals' team president. Subsequently, in 2000, Cincinnati opened a new football facility on the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a>, naming it <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Brown Stadium">Paul Brown Stadium</a>, a name it would keep until 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008203_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008203-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was inducted in 1967 to the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>. "I feel he's as fine a coach as the game ever has had", Otto Graham said at the induction ceremony. "I used to cuss him out and complain but now I'm happy that I played under him."<sup id="cite_ref-Paul_Brown_induction_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paul_Brown_induction-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, <i>Sporting News</i> named Brown as the 12th greatest coach of all time; only two other NFL coaches were listed above him.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<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=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Brown coached dozens of successful teams at the high school, college and professional levels, his controlling personality and sharp criticisms made him unpopular with many players.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199917–18_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199917–18-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was a methodical and disciplined coach who tolerated no deviation from his system.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199919–20_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199919–20-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His professional teams' planes did not wait for players who were late; anyone who missed the flight was forced to find one on his own and pay a fine to Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199920_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199920-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the Browns practiced twice in a day in training camp, each session was exactly 55 minutes. Regular practices during the season lasted an hour and 12 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199923_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199923-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Players who made mistakes in games were held up for ridicule during film review sessions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199920_156-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199920-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "There got to be a saying", longtime Browns <a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_and_Canadian_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American and Canadian football position)">safety</a> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Konz" title="Ken Konz">Ken Konz</a> said years later. "'There's a right way, a wrong way and the Paul Brown way.' If you did it the Paul Brown way, you were right. He was a very strict coach, and he expected you to toe the line."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199920_156-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199920-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown was also a tough negotiator over salaries, often refusing to give players raises despite strong performance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199923_157-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199923-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was called "cold and brutal" by sportswriters, and told players to be "ready to fight for your financial lives".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199923_157-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199923-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "When I signed with Paul, he felt that $1,000 was $10 million", said <a href="/wiki/Gene_Hickerson" title="Gene Hickerson">Gene Hickerson</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">guard</a> who played for the Browns in the late 1950s and 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199923_157-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199923-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown's stingy approach to salaries frustrated his players and was a motivating force behind the formation of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Players_Association" title="National Football League Players Association">National Football League Players Association</a>, which represents players' interests in dealings with the league. Browns players including Dante Lavelli and <a href="/wiki/Abe_Gibron" title="Abe Gibron">Abe Gibron</a> helped found the union in 1956 along with lawyer and former Browns assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Creighton_Miller" title="Creighton Miller">Creighton Miller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik2007268_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik2007268-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199953_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199953-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was so annoyed by the union that he had a 1946 team photo in his office touched up to remove Miller.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoughlin201159–60_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoughlin201159–60-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown's acrimonious departure from Cleveland was another source of criticism. His teams' winning ways had helped obscure his harsh methods and need for control, but Modell's active involvement in the team exposed them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997293_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997293-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeim199917_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeim199917-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite that Modell owned the team, Brown refused to cede any authority or be diplomatic in his relationship with Modell.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199744–47_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199744–47-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modell felt Brown was unwilling to adapt to the way football was played in the early 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199743–44_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199743–44-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many players from that time agreed. "Paul didn't adjust to the changes in the game", former Browns <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">cornerback</a> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Parrish" title="Bernie Parrish">Bernie Parrish</a> said in 1997. "By 1962, he was more worried about protecting his reputation as the Greatest Coach Who Ever Lived than he was about winning a title. ... By the end of the 1962 season, a lot of us wanted to be traded because we were convinced that we'd never win a title with Paul Brown – and we never believed Paul Brown was going anywhere."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199757_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199757-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his firing, Brown held a grudge against Modell for the rest of his life. He never forgave Collier for taking over as coach when he left, even though Collier had asked for and received his blessing.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997294_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997294-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although he was criticized for his autocratic coaching style and strained relationships, Brown played a significant role in the evolution and modernization of football. The draw play he invented – a formation in which the quarterback drops back to pass but then hands off the ball to a running back – is still in wide use.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeterson1997157_166-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeterson1997157-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his autobiography, Brown said the play came about by accident in 1946 when Graham botched a play and improvised by making a late handoff to Marion Motley, who ran past the onrushing defenders for a large gain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeterson1997157_166-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeterson1997157-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He developed detailed passing patterns that were designed to exploit vulnerabilities in the defense. Brown is also credited with the creation of the passer's pocket, an offensive line protection scheme that is designed to buy a quarterback a few extra seconds to find the open receiver. </p><p>Brown's main contribution to the game, however, was not to the development of new plays but to the organization and administration of teams.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeterson1997157_166-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeterson1997157-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before Brown, football was seen as a chaotic affair where winning was a product mostly of physical prowess. Few coaches took strategy and preparation seriously.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeaton200734–35_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeaton200734–35-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown, by contrast, hired a full-time staff of assistants, tested his players on their intelligence and their knowledge of plays, instituted strict organization of practices and analyzed game film to get an edge on opponents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199721_168-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199721-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown created a detailed system for scouting college talent as a means to improve the Browns' college draft. </p><p>The success of this systematic approach forced other teams to follow. Most of Brown's organizational innovations are still in use today.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeaton200734–35_167-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeaton200734–35-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "No one, I mean no one, has ever had total command and respect like Paul Brown", <a href="/wiki/Paul_Wiggin" title="Paul Wiggin">Paul Wiggin</a>, a former Browns <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a>, said in 1997. "I believe that Paul Brown could have been a general in the Army ... you put Paul Brown in charge of anything and he would have been one of those special people who could organize and lead."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199720_169-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199720-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown's approach influenced future generations of coaches down to the present day. Men he worked directly with, including <a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Don Shula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weeb_Ewbank" title="Weeb Ewbank">Weeb Ewbank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Noll" title="Chuck Noll">Chuck Noll</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Bill Walsh</a>, all adopted his system to some degree.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto1997123_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto1997123-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor2008198_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor2008198-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Paul_Brown_coaching_tree_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paul_Brown_coaching_tree-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Brown was more than just a coach. He was a student of the game who had much to do with making professional football the attraction it is today. He made coaching a full-time job for himself and all his assistants. Others had to follow suit or fall behind. So they did the logical thing—they copied his methods, both as a coach and innovator. ..."Paul Brown didn't invent the game of football. He was just the first to take it seriously", declared <i>Sport Magazine</i> in a December 1986 story ... <a href="/wiki/Sid_Gillman" title="Sid Gillman">Sid Gillman</a>, Brown's coaching contemporary for many years in the NFL, told the magazine he always felt that "before Paul Brown pro football was a 'daisy chain.' He brought a system into pro football. He brought a practice routine. He broke down practice into individual areas. He had position coaches. He was an organizational genius. Before Paul Brown, coaches just rolled the ball out on the practice field."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Heaton" title="Chuck Heaton">Chuck Heaton</a>, <i>Plain Dealer</i> sportswriter<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeaton200734–35_167-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeaton200734–35-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>While Brown's tenure in Cleveland ended in bitterness, the coach was a prolific innovator with the team. One factor in Brown's success was his decision to hire a full-time staff of dedicated position coaches, a break from the norm in an era when most assistants took second jobs in the offseason to make ends meet. Brown also invented the <a href="/wiki/Practice_squad" title="Practice squad">practice squad</a>, known in that era as the taxi squad, a group of promising players who did not make the roster but were kept on reserve. Team owner Mickey McBride put them on the payroll of his taxi company, although they did not drive cabs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200895_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200895-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown sat his players down in classrooms and relentlessly tested them on their knowledge of the playbook, requiring them to copy down every play in a separate notebook for better retention.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200894_174-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200894-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a terse man, and his criticisms of players were often withering and ruthless. He prohibited players from drinking, told them not to smoke in public, and made coats and ties mandatory on road trips. They were not to have sex after Tuesday night during the season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200894–95_175-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200894–95-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Pat_Summerall" title="Pat Summerall">Pat Summerall</a>, Brown once traded a player, future Hall-of-Famer <a href="/wiki/Doug_Atkins" title="Doug Atkins">Doug Atkins</a>, for burping out loud during a team meeting. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cleveland_Browns_coach_Paul_Brown_teaching_players,_1952.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/Cleveland_Browns_coach_Paul_Brown_teaching_players%2C_1952.jpg/220px-Cleveland_Browns_coach_Paul_Brown_teaching_players%2C_1952.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Cleveland_Browns_coach_Paul_Brown_teaching_players%2C_1952.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="230" /></a><figcaption>Classroom teaching was a fixture of Paul Brown's strict approach to coaching. Players were not allowed to drink, smoke in public or have sex after Tuesday night during the regular season.</figcaption></figure> <p>He was the first coach to use intelligence tests to evaluate players, scout opponents using game films and call plays for his quarterback using guards as messengers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor20083_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor20083-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He invented the <a href="/wiki/Draw_play" title="Draw play">draw play</a> and helped develop the modern face mask after Len Ford and Otto Graham suffered facial injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor20083–4,_112,_134_176-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor20083–4,_112,_134-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although critical of Brown's coaching, Jim Brown said he integrated football in the right way: </p> <blockquote><p>Paul Brown integrated pro football without uttering a single word about integration. He just went out, signed a bunch of great black athletes, and started kicking butt. That's how you do it. You don't talk about it. Paul never said one word about race. But this was a time in sports when you'd play in some cities and the white players could stay at the nice hotel, but the blacks had to stay in the homes of some black families in town. But not with Paul. We always stayed in hotels that took the entire team. Again, he never said a word. But in his own way, the man integrated football the right way – and no one was going to stop him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPluto199749_177-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPluto199749-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The Bengals <a href="/wiki/Paycor_Stadium" title="Paycor Stadium">stadium</a> was named in his honor until 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a member of the Bengals' inaugural Ring of Honor class in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_tree">Coaching tree</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Coaching tree"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Assistants under Paul Brown who became college or professional head coaches: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blanton_Collier" title="Blanton Collier">Blanton Collier</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_football" title="Kentucky Wildcats football">Kentucky</a> (1954–1961), <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> (1963–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weeb_Ewbank" title="Weeb Ewbank">Weeb Ewbank</a>: <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_Bears_football" title="Washington University Bears football">Washington University</a> (1947–1948), <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a> (1954–1962), <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> (1963–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(center)" title="Bill Johnson (center)">Bill Johnson</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> (1976–1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Studley" title="Chuck Studley">Chuck Studley</a>: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Bill Walsh</a>: <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford Cardinal football</a> (1977–1978), (1992–1994), <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> (1979–1988)</li></ul> <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 href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_school">High school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: High school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>School </th> <th>Record </th> <th>Titles </th></tr> <tr> <td>1930 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Severn_School" title="Severn School">Severn School Prep Admirals</a> </td> <td>7–0–0 </td> <td>Maryland State Champions </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931 </td> <td>Severn School Prep Admirals </td> <td>5–2–1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1932 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Massillon_Washington_High_School" title="Massillon Washington High School">Massillon Washington HS Tigers</a> </td> <td>5–4–1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1933 </td> <td>Massillon Washington HS Tigers </td> <td>8–2–0 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1934 </td> <td>Massillon Washington HS Tigers </td> <td>9–1–0 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1935 </td> <td>Massillon Washington HS Tigers </td> <td>10–0–0 </td> <td>National Champions, Ohio State Champions </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936 </td> <td>Massillon Washington HS Tigers </td> <td>10–0–0 </td> <td>National Champions, Ohio State Champions </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937 </td> <td>Massillon Washington HS Tigers </td> <td>8–1–1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938 </td> <td>Massillon Washington HS Tigers </td> <td>10–0–0 </td> <td>Ohio State Champions </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939 </td> <td>Massillon Washington HS Tigers </td> <td>10–0–0 </td> <td>National Champions, Ohio State Champions </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940 </td> <td>Massillon Washington HS Tigers </td> <td>10–0–0 </td> <td>National Champions, Ohio State Champions </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>Overall High School Record </th> <th>92–10–3 </th> <th>4 National Titles, 6 State Titles </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College">College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Standing </th> <th>Bowl/playoffs </th> <th>AP<sup>#</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State Buckeyes</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>)</i> <small>(1941–1943)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1941_college_football_season" title="1941 college football season">1941</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1941_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1941 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>6–1–1</td> <td>3–1–1</td> <td>T–2nd</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">13 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fc6"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1942_college_football_season" title="1942 college football season">1942</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1942_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>9–1</td> <td>5–1</td> <td>1st</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1943_college_football_season" title="1943 college football season">1943</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1943_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1943 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>3–6</td> <td>1–4</td> <td>7th</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Ohio State:</b> </td> <td>18–8–1</td> <td>9–6–1</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Navy_Bluejackets_football" title="Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football">Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets</a></b> <i>(Independent)</i> <small>(1944–1945)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1944_college_football_season" title="1944 college football season">1944</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1944_Great_Lakes_Navy_Bluejackets_football_team" title="1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team">Great Lakes Navy</a> </td> <td>9–2–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">17 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1945_college_football_season" title="1945 college football season">1945</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1945_Great_Lakes_Navy_Bluejackets_football_team" title="1945 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team">Great Lakes Navy</a> </td> <td>6–4–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Great Lakes Navy:</b> </td> <td>15–5–2</td> <td></td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dddddd"> <td colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"><b>Total:</b></td> <td>33–13–3</td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"><small><span style="background-color:#ffcc66; width:50px; border:1px solid #000000">     </span> National championship   <span style="background-color:#ffff99; width:50px; border:1px solid #000000">     </span> Conference title   <span style="background-color:#bbffff; width:50px; border:1px solid #000000">     </span> Conference division title or championship game berth</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="font-size:85%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><sup>#</sup>Rankings from final <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CFBDW_OSU_polls_180-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFBDW_OSU_polls-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/ohio_state/yearly_totals.php">College Football Data Warehouse</a>.</li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional">Professional</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Professional"><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">Postseason </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 style="background:#FDE910;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1946_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1946 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1946_AAFC_season" title="1946 AAFC season">1946</a> </th> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>85.7</td> <td><b>1st in AAFC Western Conference</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/1946_New_York_Yankees_(AAFC)_season" title="1946 New York Yankees (AAFC) season">New York Yankees</a> in AAFC championship game</b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1947_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1947 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1947_AAFC_season" title="1947 AAFC season">1947</a> </th> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>89.2</td> <td><b>1st in AAFC Western Conference</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/1947_New_York_Yankees_(AAFC)_season" title="1947 New York Yankees (AAFC) season">New York Yankees</a> in AAFC championship game</b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1948_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1948 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th>1948 </th> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0</td> <td><b>1st in AAFC Western Conference</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/1948_Buffalo_Bills_(AAFC)_season" title="1948 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season">Buffalo Bills</a> in AAFC championship game</b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1949_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1949 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th>1949 </th> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>83.3</td> <td><b>1st in AAFC regular season</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/1949_Buffalo_Bills_(AAFC)_season" title="1949 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season">Buffalo Bills</a> in semifinals<br />Beat <a href="/wiki/1949_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="1949 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco 49ers</a> in AAFC championship game</b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">CLE AAFC Total</th> <th>47</th> <th>4</th> <th>3</th> <th>89.8</th> <th></th> <th>5</th> <th>0</th> <th>100.0</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1950_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1950 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_season" title="1950 NFL season">1950</a> </th> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>83.3</td> <td><b>1st-T in NFL Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/1950_New_York_Giants_season" title="1950 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a> in Eastern Conference tie-breaker<br />Beat <a href="/wiki/1950_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1950 Los Angeles Rams season">Los Angeles Rams</a> in <a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1950 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1951_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1951 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1951_NFL_season" title="1951 NFL season">1951</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>91.7</td> <td><b>1st in NFL Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1951_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1951 Los Angeles Rams season">Los Angeles Rams</a> in <a href="/wiki/1951_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1951 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1952_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1952 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_season" title="1952 NFL season">1952</a> </th> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>66.7</td> <td><b>1st in NFL Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1952_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1952 Detroit Lions season">Detroit Lions</a> in <a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1952 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1953_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1953 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_season" title="1953 NFL season">1953</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>91.7</td> <td><b>1st in NFL Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1953_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1953 Detroit Lions season">Detroit Lions</a> in <a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1953 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1954_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1954 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_season" title="1954 NFL season">1954</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>75.0</td> <td><b>1st in NFL Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/1954_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1954 Detroit Lions season">Detroit Lions</a> in <a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1954 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1955_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1955 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_season" title="1955 NFL season">1955</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>81.8</td> <td><b>1st in NFL Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>100.0</td> <td><small><b>Beat <a href="/wiki/1955_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1955 Los Angeles Rams season">Los Angeles Rams</a> in <a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1955 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1956_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1956 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_season" title="1956 NFL season">1956</a> </th> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>41.7</td> <td>4th in NFL Eastern Conference</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1957_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1957 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_season" title="1957 NFL season">1957</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>81.8</td> <td><b>1st in NFL Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1957_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1957 Detroit Lions season">Detroit Lions</a> in <a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1954 NFL Championship Game">NFL Championship game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1958_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1958 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_season" title="1958 NFL season">1958</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>75.0</td> <td><b>1st-T in NFL Eastern Conference</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1958_New_York_Giants" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 New York Giants">New York Giants</a> in <a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_playoffs#Eastern_Conference_championship" title="1958 NFL playoffs">Eastern conference tie-breaker</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1959_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1959 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1959_NFL_season" title="1959 NFL season">1959</a> </th> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>58.3</td> <td>2nd in NFL Eastern Conference</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1960_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1960 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_season" title="1960 NFL season">1960</a> </th> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>72.7</td> <td>2nd in NFL Eastern Conference</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1961_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1961 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_season" title="1961 NFL season">1961</a> </th> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>61.5</td> <td>3rd in NFL Eastern Conference</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1962_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1962 Cleveland Browns season">CLE</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1962_NFL_season" title="1962 NFL season">1962</a> </th> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>53.8</td> <td>3rd in NFL Eastern Conference</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">CLE NFL Total</th> <th>111</th> <th>44</th> <th>5</th> <th>70.9</th> <th></th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>44.4</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1968_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1968 Cincinnati Bengals season">CIN</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1968_NFL_season" title="1968 NFL season">1968</a> </th> <td>3</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>21.4</td> <td>5th in AFL West Division</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1969_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1969 Cincinnati Bengals season">CIN</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969</a> </th> <td>4</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>30.8</td> <td>5th in AFL West Division</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">CIN AFL Total</th> <th>7</th> <th>20</th> <th>1</th> <th>26.8</th> <th></th> <th>-</th> <th>-</th> <th>-</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1970 Cincinnati Bengals season">CIN</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a> </th> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>57.1</td> <td><b>1st in NFL AFC Central</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1970_Baltimore_Colts_season" title="1970 Baltimore Colts season">Baltimore Colts</a> in <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Baltimore_Colts_17,_Cincinnati_Bengals_0" title="1970–71 NFL playoffs">AFC Divisional Playoff</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1971_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1971 Cincinnati Bengals season">CIN</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a> </th> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>28.6</td> <td>4th in NFL AFC Central</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1972_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1972 Cincinnati Bengals season">CIN</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a> </th> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>57.1</td> <td>3rd in NFL AFC Central</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1973_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1973 Cincinnati Bengals season">CIN</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1973_NFL_season" title="1973 NFL season">1973</a> </th> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>71.4</td> <td><b>1st in NFL AFC Central</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1973_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1973 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins</a> in <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Miami_Dolphins_34,_Cincinnati_Bengals_16" title="1973–74 NFL playoffs">AFC Divisional Playoff</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1974_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1974 Cincinnati Bengals season">CIN</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1974_NFL_season" title="1974 NFL season">1974</a> </th> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>50.0</td> <td>2nd in NFL AFC Central</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1975_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1975 Cincinnati Bengals season">CIN</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>78.6</td> <td><b>2nd in NFL AFC Central</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1976_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="1976 Oakland Raiders season">Oakland Raiders</a> in <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_Oakland_Raiders_31,_Cincinnati_Bengals_28" title="1975–76 NFL playoffs">AFC Divisional Playoff</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">CIN NFL Total</th> <th>48</th> <th>36</th> <th>0</th> <th>57.1</th> <th></th> <th>0</th> <th>3</th> <th>0.0</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Official NFL Total</th> <th>159</th> <th>80</th> <th>5</th> <th>66.5</th> <th></th> <th>4</th> <th>8</th> <th>33.3</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Professional Total</th> <th>213</th> <th>104</th> <th>9</th> <th>67.2</th> <th></th> <th>9</th> <th>8</th> <th>52.9</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BrowPa0.htm">Pro-Football-Reference.com</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Football_League_players" title="List of American Football League players">List of American Football League players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_head_coaches_with_50_wins" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League head coaches with 50 wins">List of National Football League head coaches with 50 wins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_head_coaches_with_200_wins" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League head coaches with 200 wins">List of National Football League head coaches with 200 wins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_head_coaches_by_playoff_record" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League head coaches by playoff record">List of National Football League head coaches by playoff record</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="#CITEREFCantor2008">Cantor 2008</a>, p. 81.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik200717_74-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPiascik2007">Piascik 2007</a>, p. 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenkel200510-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenkel200510_75-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHenkel2005">Henkel 2005</a>, p. 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200877-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200877_76-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCantor2008">Cantor 2008</a>, p. 77.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECantor200876-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECantor200876_77-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCantor2008">Cantor 2008</a>, p. 76.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDonovan1997" class="citation book cs1">Donovan, Michael Leo (1997). <i>The Name Game: Football, Baseball, Hockey & Basketball How Your Favorite Sports Teams Were Named</i>. <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>: Warwick Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-895629-74-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-895629-74-8"><bdi>1-895629-74-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 8,</span> 2016</span>. <q>The Cleveland All-America Football Conference franchise conducted a fan contest in 1945 to name the team. The most popular submission was "Browns" in recognition of the team's first coach and general manager Paul Brown, who was already a popular figure in Ohio sports. Brown at first vetoed the choice and the team selected from the contest entries the name "Panthers." 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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%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCoughlin2011" class="citation book cs1">Coughlin, Dan (2011). <i>Pass the Nuts: More Stories About the Most Unusual People and Remarkable Events from My Four Decades As a Sports Journalist</i>. Gray & Company, Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59851-073-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59851-073-7"><bdi>978-1-59851-073-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pass+the+Nuts%3A+More+Stories+About+the+Most+Unusual+People+and+Remarkable+Events+from+My+Four+Decades+As+a+Sports+Journalist&rft.pub=Gray+%26+Company%2C+Publishers&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-59851-073-7&rft.aulast=Coughlin&rft.aufirst=Dan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeaton2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Heaton" title="Chuck Heaton">Heaton, Chuck</a> (2007). <i>Browns Scrapbook: A Fond Look Back at Five Decades of Football, from a Legendary Cleveland Sportswriter</i>. Cleveland: Gray & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59851-043-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59851-043-0"><bdi>978-1-59851-043-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Browns+Scrapbook%3A+A+Fond+Look+Back+at+Five+Decades+of+Football%2C+from+a+Legendary+Cleveland+Sportswriter&rft.place=Cleveland&rft.pub=Gray+%26+Company&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-59851-043-0&rft.aulast=Heaton&rft.aufirst=Chuck&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHenkel2005" class="citation book cs1">Henkel, Frank M. (2005). <i>Cleveland Browns History</i>. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7385-3428-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7385-3428-2"><bdi>978-0-7385-3428-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cleveland+Browns+History&rft.place=Mount+Pleasant%2C+South+Carolina&rft.pub=Arcadia+Publishing&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-7385-3428-2&rft.aulast=Henkel&rft.aufirst=Frank+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" 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>. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-884836-47-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-884836-47-3"><bdi>978-1-884836-47-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Legends+by+the+Lake%3A+The+Cleveland+Browns+at+Municipal+Stadium&rft.place=Akron%2C+Ohio&rft.pub=University+of+Akron+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-1-884836-47-3&rft.aulast=Keim&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLebovitz2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hal_Lebovitz" title="Hal Lebovitz">Lebovitz, Hal</a> (2006). <i>The Best of Hal Lebovitz: Great Sportswriting from Six Decades in Cleveland</i>. Cleveland: Gray & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59851-023-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59851-023-2"><bdi>978-1-59851-023-2</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+of+Hal+Lebovitz%3A+Great+Sportswriting+from+Six+Decades+in+Cleveland&rft.place=Cleveland&rft.pub=Gray+%26+Company&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-59851-023-2&rft.aulast=Lebovitz&rft.aufirst=Hal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLevy1965" class="citation book cs1">Levy, William (1965). <i>Return to Glory: The Story of the Cleveland Browns</i>. Cleveland: The World Publishing Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-97604-472-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-97604-472-7"><bdi>978-0-97604-472-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Return+to+Glory%3A+The+Story+of+the+Cleveland+Browns&rft.place=Cleveland&rft.pub=The+World+Publishing+Co.&rft.date=1965&rft.isbn=978-0-97604-472-7&rft.aulast=Levy&rft.aufirst=William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMacCambridge2005" class="citation book cs1">MacCambridge, Michael (2005). <i>America's Game</i>. New York: Anchor. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-375-72506-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-375-72506-7"><bdi>978-0-375-72506-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=America%27s+Game&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Anchor&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-375-72506-7&rft.aulast=MacCambridge&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPark2003" class="citation book cs1">Park, Jack (2003). <i>The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia</i>. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58261-695-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58261-695-7"><bdi>978-1-58261-695-7</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+Official+Ohio+State+Football+Encyclopedia&rft.place=Champaign%2C+Illinois&rft.pub=Sports+Publishing+LLC&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-58261-695-7&rft.aulast=Park&rft.aufirst=Jack&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeterson1997" class="citation book cs1">Peterson, Robert W. (1997). <i>Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football</i>. New York: Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-511913-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-511913-8"><bdi>978-0-19-511913-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pigskin%3A+The+Early+Years+of+Pro+Football&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-0-19-511913-8&rft.aulast=Peterson&rft.aufirst=Robert+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" 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, Maryland: 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+Maryland&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%3APaul+Brown" 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>. Cleveland: Gray & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-886228-72-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-886228-72-6"><bdi>978-1-886228-72-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Browns+Town+1964%3A+Cleveland+Browns+and+the+1964+Championship&rft.place=Cleveland&rft.pub=Gray+%26+Company&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-1-886228-72-6&rft.aulast=Pluto&rft.aufirst=Terry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVare1973" class="citation book cs1">Vare, Robert (1973). <i>Buckeye: A Study of Coach Woody Hayes and the Ohio State Football Machine</i>. New York: Popular Library. <a href="/wiki/ASIN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN (identifier)">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00394GOEK">B00394GOEK</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Buckeye%3A+A+Study+of+Coach+Woody+Hayes+and+the+Ohio+State+Football+Machine&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Popular+Library&rft.date=1973&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB00394GOEK%23id-name%3DASIN&rft.aulast=Vare&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Play He Didn't Call</i> (Booklet). Cleveland: <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Press" title="Cleveland Press">The Cleveland Press-News</a>; <a href="/wiki/The_Plain_Dealer" title="The Plain Dealer">The Plain Dealer</a>. 1963.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Play+He+Didn%27t+Call&rft.place=Cleveland&rft.pub=The+Cleveland+Press-News%3B+The+Plain+Dealer&rft.date=1963&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span> As quoted in <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchudel2020" class="citation news cs1">Schudel, Jeff (April 11, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210613135245/https://www.news-herald.com/sports/browns/what-if-paul-brown-had-blocked-modell-from-buying-browns-he-had-that-power-jeff/article_5219f836-7c07-11ea-8394-33b8c1db7f4c.html">"What if Paul Brown had blocked Modell from buying Browns? He had that power"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_News-Herald_(Ohio)" title="The News-Herald (Ohio)">The News Herald</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Willoughby,_Ohio" title="Willoughby, Ohio">Willoughby, Ohio</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.news-herald.com/sports/browns/what-if-paul-brown-had-blocked-modell-from-buying-browns-he-had-that-power-jeff/article_5219f836-7c07-11ea-8394-33b8c1db7f4c.html">the original</a> on June 13, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 28,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+News+Herald&rft.atitle=What+if+Paul+Brown+had+blocked+Modell+from+buying+Browns%3F+He+had+that+power&rft.date=2020-04-11&rft.aulast=Schudel&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news-herald.com%2Fsports%2Fbrowns%2Fwhat-if-paul-brown-had-blocked-modell-from-buying-browns-he-had-that-power-jeff%2Farticle_5219f836-7c07-11ea-8394-33b8c1db7f4c.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APaul+Brown" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="Gaylon Smith">Gaylon Smith</a></li> <li>76 <a href="/wiki/Marion_Motley" title="Marion Motley">Marion Motley</a></li> <li>80 <a href="/wiki/Al_Akins" title="Al Akins">Al Akins</a></li> <li>82 <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lund" title="Bill Lund">Bill Lund</a></li> <li>84 <a href="/wiki/Ray_Terrell" title="Ray Terrell">Ray Terrell</a></li> <li>85 <a href="/wiki/Don_Greenwood_(American_football)" title="Don Greenwood (American football)">Don Greenwood</a></li> <li>88 <a href="/wiki/Bob_Steuber" title="Bob Steuber">Bob Steuber</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">Tom Colella</a></li> <li>99 <a href="/wiki/Fred_Evans_(running_back)" title="Fred Evans (running back)">Fred Evans</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 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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/Bill_Lund" title="Bill Lund">Bill Lund</a></li> <li>84 <a href="/wiki/Ray_Terrell" title="Ray Terrell">Ray Terrell</a></li> <li>85 <a href="/wiki/Don_Greenwood_(American_football)" title="Don Greenwood (American football)">Don Greenwood</a></li> <li>86 <a href="/wiki/Lew_Mayne" title="Lew Mayne">Lew Mayne</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/Jim_Dewar_(American_football)" title="Jim Dewar (American football)">Jim Dewar</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"> 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Blanton_Collier" title="Blanton Collier">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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Gallagher">Dick Gallagher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Heisler" title="Fritz Heisler">Fritz Heisler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Cleveland_Browns_1950_NFL_champions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #4A0000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FB8714, inset -2px -2px 0 #FB8714;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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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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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Aikman" title="Troy Aikman">Aikman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Blanda" title="George Blanda">Blanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Bradshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Clark" title="Dutch Clark">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Conzelman" title="Jimmy Conzelman">Conzelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Dawson" title="Len Dawson">L. Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Driscoll" title="Paddy Driscoll">Driscoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">Elway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Fouts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Friedman" title="Benny Friedman">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Griese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Herber" title="Arnie Herber">Herber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly" title="Jim Kelly">J. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Layne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Namath" title="Joe Namath">Namath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Parker" title="Ace Parker">A. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton" title="Fran Tarkenton">Tarkenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y._A._Tittle" title="Y. A. 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Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Canadeo" title="Tony Canadeo">Canadeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Csonka" title="Larry Csonka">Csonka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">T. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Dickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dudley" title="Bill Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gifford" title="Frank Gifford">Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Guyon" title="Joe Guyon">Guyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">F. Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_Hinkle" title="Clarke Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Hornung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgerrin_James" title="Edgerrin James">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Johnson" title="John Henry Johnson">J. H. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Kelly" title="Leroy Kelly">L. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Leemans" title="Tuffy Leemans">Leemans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Little" title="Floyd Little">F. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Martin" title="Curtis Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Matson" title="Ollie Matson">Matson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">McAfee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny" title="Hugh McElhenny">McElhenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_%22Blood%22_McNally" title="Johnny "Blood" McNally">J. 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Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Strong" title="Ken Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(fullback)" title="Jim Taylor (fullback)">Ji. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurman_Thomas" title="Thurman Thomas">T. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe">Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Trippi" title="Charley Trippi">Trippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Buren" title="Steve Van Buren">Van Buren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wide receivers /<br />ends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Alworth" title="Lance Alworth">Alworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Badgro" title="Red Badgro">Badgro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Berry" title="Raymond Berry">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Biletnikoff" title="Fred Biletnikoff">Biletnikoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Branch" title="Cliff Branch">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brown_(American_football)" title="Tim Brown (American football)">T. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Bruce" title="Isaac Bruce">Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Carmichael" title="Harold Carmichael">Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cris_Carter" title="Cris Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fears" title="Tom Fears">Fears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaherty" title="Ray Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Harrison" title="Marvin Harrison">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hayes" title="Bob Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewitt_(American_football)" title="Bill Hewitt (American football)">Hewitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elroy_Hirsch" title="Elroy Hirsch">Hirsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Hutson" title="Don Hutson">Hutson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Irvin" title="Michael Irvin">Irvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Johnson" title="Andre Johnson">A. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Johnson" title="Calvin Johnson">C. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Joiner" title="Charlie Joiner">Joiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent" title="Steve Largent">Largent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Lavelli" title="Dante Lavelli">Lavelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lofton" title="James Lofton">Lofton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Maynard" title="Don Maynard">Maynard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_McDonald_(American_football)" title="Tommy McDonald (American football)">McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Millner" title="Wayne Millner">Millner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mitchell" title="Bobby Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Monk" title="Art Monk">Monk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Moss" title="Randy Moss">Moss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_Owens" title="Terrell Owens">Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Pearson_(American_football)" title="Drew Pearson (American football)">Pearson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Pihos" title="Pete Pihos">Pihos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Reed" title="Andre Reed">A. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Speedie" title="Mac Speedie">Speedie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stallworth" title="John Stallworth">Stallworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Swann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Taylor" title="Charley Taylor">C. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Warfield" title="Paul Warfield">Warfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tight ends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Casper" title="Dave Casper">Casper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Ditka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzalez" title="Tony Gonzalez">Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mackey_(American_football)" title="John Mackey (American football)">Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Newsome" title="Ozzie Newsome">Newsome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sanders" title="Charlie Sanders">C. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Sharpe" title="Shannon Sharpe">Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Smith" title="Jackie Smith">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kellen_Winslow" title="Kellen Winslow">Winslow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Offensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Allen" title="Larry Allen">L. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Boselli" title="Tony Boselli">Boselli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Brown_(offensive_lineman)" title="Bob Brown (offensive lineman)">B. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosey_Brown" title="Rosey Brown">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Covert" title="Jim Covert">Covert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Creekmur" title="Lou Creekmur">Creekmur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dermontti_Dawson" title="Dermontti Dawson">D. Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_DeLamielleure" title="Joe DeLamielleure">DeLamielleure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dierdorf" title="Dan Dierdorf">Dierdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Faneca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gatski" title="Frank Gatski">Gatski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Grimm" title="Russ Grimm">Grimm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hannah_(American_football)" title="John Hannah (American football)">Hannah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Hickerson" title="Gene Hickerson">Hickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Hill" title="Winston Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hutchinson_(American_football)" title="Steve Hutchinson (American football)">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Jones_(American_football)" title="Stan Jones (American football)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Jones_(American_football)" title="Walter Jones (American football)">W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Kramer" title="Jerry Kramer">Kramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Langer" title="Jim Langer">Langer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Little" title="Larry Little">L. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Mack" title="Tom Mack">Mack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Matthews_(American_football)" title="Bruce Matthews (American football)">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mawae" title="Kevin Mawae">Mawae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormack_(American_football)" title="Mike McCormack (American football)">McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_McDaniel" title="Randall McDaniel">McDaniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Mix" title="Ron Mix">Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Munchak" title="Mike Munchak">Munchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Anthony Muñoz">Muñoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ogden" title="Jonathan Ogden">Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Otto" title="Jim Otto">Otto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Pace" title="Orlando Pace">Pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Parker_(American_football)" title="Jim Parker (American football)">J. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ringo" title="Jim Ringo">Ringo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Roaf" title="Willie Roaf">Roaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Shaw" title="Billy Shaw">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Shell" title="Art Shell">A. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Shields" title="Will Shields">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Slater" title="Jackie Slater">J. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_St._Clair" title="Bob St. Clair">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stanfel" title="Dick Stanfel">Stanfel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Stephenson" title="Dwight Stephenson">Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Thomas_(offensive_tackle)" title="Joe Thomas (offensive tackle)">J. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Tingelhoff" title="Mick Tingelhoff">Tingelhoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Upshaw" title="Gene Upshaw">Upshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Webster" title="Mike Webster">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rayfield_Wright" title="Rayfield Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Yary" title="Ron Yary">Yary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Zimmerman" title="Gary Zimmerman">Zimmerman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-modern era<br />two-way players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turk_Edwards" title="Turk Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fortmann" title="Dan Fortmann">Fortmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Healey" title="Ed Healey">Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Hein" title="Mel Hein">Hein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Henry" title="Pete Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Hubbard" title="Cal Hubbard">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Kiesling" title="Walt Kiesling">Kiesling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruiser_Kinard" title="Bruiser Kinard">Kinard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Lyman" title="Link Lyman">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Michalske" title="Mike Michalske">Michalske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Musso" title="George Musso">Musso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Slater" title="Duke Slater">D. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stydahar" title="Joe Stydahar">Stydahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Trafton" title="George Trafton">Trafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulldog_Turner" title="Bulldog Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Wojciechowicz" title="Alex Wojciechowicz">Wojciechowicz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Atkins" title="Doug Atkins">Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Bethea" title="Elvin Bethea">Bethea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Buchanan" title="Buck Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curley_Culp" title="Curley Culp">Culp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Davis_(defensive_end)" title="Willie Davis (defensive end)">W. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Dean" title="Fred Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dent" title="Richard Dent">Dent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Doleman" title="Chris Doleman">Doleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Donovan" title="Art Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Eller" title="Carl Eller">Eller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Ford" title="Len Ford">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Freeney" title="Dwight Freeney">Freeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">J. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Haley" title="Charles Haley">Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hampton" title="Dan Hampton">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Humphrey" title="Claude Humphrey">Humphrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones" title="Deacon Jones">D. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jordan" title="Henry Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Karras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez_Kennedy" title="Cortez Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Klecko" title="Joe Klecko">Klecko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lilly" title="Bob Lilly">Lilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howie_Long" title="Howie Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gino_Marchetti" title="Gino Marchetti">Marchetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_McMichael" title="Steve McMichael">McMichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Nomellini" title="Leo Nomellini">Nomellini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Page" title="Alan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Peppers" title="Julius Peppers">Peppers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Randle" title="John Randle">Randle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Robustelli" title="Andy Robustelli">Robustelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Sapp" title="Warren Sapp">Sapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Roy_Selmon" title="Lee Roy Selmon">Selmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Seymour" title="Richard Seymour">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Smith" title="Bruce Smith">B. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle" title="Ed Sprinkle">Sprinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Stautner" title="Ernie Stautner">Stautner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Strahan" title="Michael Strahan">Strahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jason Taylor (American football)">Ja. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Weinmeister" title="Arnie Weinmeister">Weinmeister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_White_(American_football)" title="Randy White (American football)">Ra. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">Re. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">B. Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryant_Young" title="Bryant Young">B. Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Youngblood" title="Jack Youngblood">Youngblood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Linebackers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Bednarik" title="Chuck Bednarik">Bednarik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bell" title="Bobby Bell">Bo. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brazile" title="Robert Brazile">Brazile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Brooks" title="Derrick Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Buoniconti" title="Nick Buoniconti">Buoniconti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Butkus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Carson" title="Harry Carson">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Connor_(American_football)" title="George Connor (American football)">Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Gradishar" title="Randy Gradishar">Gradishar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greene" title="Kevin Greene">K. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ham" title="Jack Ham">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hanburger" title="Chris Hanburger">Hanburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Hendricks" title="Ted Hendricks">Hendricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howley" title="Chuck Howley">Howley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Huff" title="Sam Huff">Huff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickey_Jackson" title="Rickey Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(American_football)" title="Jack Lambert (American football)">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Lanier" title="Willie Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Lewis" title="Ray Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mills" title="Sam Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Nitschke" title="Ray Nitschke">Nitschke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Richter" title="Les Richter">Richter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Robinson_(American_football)" title="Dave Robinson (American football)">D. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)" title="Joe Schmidt (American football)">Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junior_Seau" title="Junior Seau">Seau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor" title="Lawrence Taylor">L. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">D. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Thomas" title="Zach Thomas">Z. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Tippett" title="Andre Tippett">Tippett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Urlacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Ware" title="DeMarcus Ware">Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wilcox" title="Dave Wilcox">Wilcox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Willis" title="Patrick Willis">P. Willis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Adderley" title="Herb Adderley">Adderley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Atwater" title="Steve Atwater">Atwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_Bailey" title="Champ Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronde_Barber" title="Ronde Barber">Barber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Barney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Blount" title="Mel Blount">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(American_football)" title="Willie Brown (American football)">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Butler_(American_football)" title="Jack Butler (American football)">J. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeRoy_Butler" title="LeRoy Butler">L. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Christiansen" title="Jack Christiansen">Christiansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dawkins" title="Brian Dawkins">Dawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Dillon" title="Bobby Dillon">Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Easley" title="Kenny Easley">Easley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Harris" title="Cliff Harris">C. Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Haynes_(cornerback)" title="Mike Haynes (cornerback)">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Houston" title="Ken Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(cornerback)" title="Jimmy Johnson (cornerback)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Krause" title="Paul Krause">Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_Lane" title="Night Train Lane">Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_Lary" title="Yale Lary">Lary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Law" title="Ty Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_LeBeau" title="Dick LeBeau">LeBeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lott" title="Ronnie Lott">Lott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(American_football)" title="John Lynch (American football)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Polamalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">E. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Renfro" title="Mel Renfro">Renfro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrelle_Revis" title="Darrelle Revis">Revis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Riley" title="Ken Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Robinson_(safety)" title="Johnny Robinson (safety)">J. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">D. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnie_Shell" title="Donnie Shell">D. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Thomas" title="Emmitt Thomas">E. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell" title="Emlen Tunnell">Tunnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wehrli" title="Roger Wehrli">Wehrli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeneas_Williams" title="Aeneas Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Larry Wilson (American football)">L. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wood" title="Willie Wood">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">C. Woodson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Woodson" title="Rod Woodson">R. Woodson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morten_Andersen" title="Morten Andersen">Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Groza" title="Lou Groza">Groza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Guy" title="Ray Guy">Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Hester" title="Devin Hester">Hester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Stenerud" title="Jan Stenerud">Stenerud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coaches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)" title="George Allen (American football coach)">G. Allen</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">P. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Conzelman" title="Jimmy Conzelman">Conzelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Coryell" title="Don Coryell">Coryell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cowher" title="Bill Cowher">Cowher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Dungy" title="Tony Dungy">Dungy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weeb_Ewbank" title="Weeb Ewbank">Ewbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaherty" title="Ray Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Flores" title="Tom Flores">Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Gillman" title="Sid Gillman">Gillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Grant" title="Bud Grant">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(American_football_coach)" title="Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Landry" title="Tom Landry">Landry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Levy" title="Marv Levy">Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Lombardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">Madden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greasy_Neale" title="Greasy Neale">Neale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Noll" title="Chuck Noll">Noll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Parcells" title="Bill Parcells">Parcells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Shula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Stram" title="Hank Stram">Stram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vermeil" title="Dick Vermeil">Vermeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Walsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contributors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Beathard" title="Bobby Beathard">Beathard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell" title="Bert Bell">Be. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bidwill" title="Charles Bidwill">Bidwill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Bowlen" title="Pat Bowlen">Bowlen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Brandt" title="Gil Brandt">Brandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Carr" title="Joseph Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Davis" title="Al Davis">A. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._DeBartolo_Jr." title="Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.">DeBartolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Finks" title="Jim Finks">Finks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Hunt" title="Lamar Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Jones" title="Jerry Jones">J. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Mara" title="Tim Mara">T. Mara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Mara" title="Wellington Mara">W. Mara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Preston_Marshall" title="George Preston Marshall">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_McNally" title="Art McNally">A. McNally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nunn_(American_football)" title="Bill Nunn (American football)">Nunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Polian" title="Bill Polian">Polian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shorty_Ray" title="Shorty Ray">Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Reeves_(American_football_executive)" title="Dan Reeves (American football executive)">Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Rooney" title="Art Rooney">A. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_M._Rooney" title="Dan M. Rooney">D. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Rozelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sabol" title="Ed Sabol">E. Sabol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sabol" title="Steve Sabol">S. Sabol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Schramm" title="Tex Schramm">Schramm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tagliabue" title="Paul Tagliabue">Tagliabue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Wilson" title="Ralph Wilson">R. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wolf" title="Ron Wolf">Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Young_(American_football_executive)" title="George Young (American football executive)">G. Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>Italics</i> denotes members who have been elected, but not yet inducted.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Walter_Camp_Man_of_the_Year_Award_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Walter_Camp_Man_of_the_Year" title="Template:Walter Camp Man of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Walter_Camp_Man_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:Walter Camp Man of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Walter_Camp_Man_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Walter Camp Man of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Walter_Camp_Man_of_the_Year_Award_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp_Man_of_the_Year" title="Walter Camp Man of the Year">Walter Camp Man of the Year Award</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Fish_III" title="Hamilton Fish III">Fish</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Edwin_F._Blair" title="Edwin F. Blair">Blair</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Rozelle</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kipke" title="Harry Kipke">Kipke</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Doc_Blanchard" title="Doc Blanchard">Blanchard</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Clint_Frank" title="Clint Frank">Frank</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Duffy_Daugherty" title="Duffy Daugherty">Daugherty</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Jake_Gaither" title="Jake Gaither">Gaither</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Dawkins" title="Pete Dawkins">Dawkins</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Moose_Krause" title="Moose Krause">Krause</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dunlap_(American_football)" title="Frederick Dunlap (American football)">Dunlap</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Little" title="Floyd Little">Little</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kemp" title="Jack Kemp">Kemp</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Sayers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Graham</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Olsen</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Shula</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Bleier" title="Rocky Bleier">Bleier</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Davis_(defensive_end)" title="Willie Davis (defensive end)">Davis</a></span></li> 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class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Swann</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Hill" title="Calvin Hill">Hill</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Holtz" title="Lou Holtz">Holtz</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Gil_Brandt" title="Gil Brandt">Brandt</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Long" title="Howie Long">Long</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly" title="Jim Kelly">Kelly</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Newsome" title="Ozzie Newsome">Newsome</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Anthony Muñoz">Muñoz</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Stephenson" title="Dwight Stephenson">Stephenson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Utley" title="Mike Utley">Utley</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Butkus</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Morten_Andersen" title="Morten Andersen">Andersen</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">Elway</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Will_Shields" title="Will Shields">Shields</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Carson" title="Harry Carson">Carson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Herm_Edwards" title="Herm Edwards">Edwards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Millen" title="Matt Millen">Millen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Bettis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Andruzzi" title="Joe Andruzzi">Andruzzi</a> & <a href="/wiki/Fred_Biletnikoff" title="Fred Biletnikoff">Biletnikoff</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Warrick_Dunn" title="Warrick Dunn">Dunn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Johnson" title="Calvin Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Golic" title="Mike Golic">Golic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Martin" title="Curtis Martin">Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <i>No award given</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Drew_Pearson_(American_football)" title="Drew Pearson (American football)">Pearson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Boselli" title="Tony Boselli">Boselli</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Matthews_(American_football)" title="Bruce 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<li><a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Gale Sayers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">O. J. Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">Emmitt Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Buren" title="Steve Van Buren">Steve Van Buren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Alworth" title="Lance Alworth">Lance Alworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Berry" title="Raymond Berry">Raymond Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fitzgerald" title="Larry Fitzgerald">Larry Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Harrison" title="Marvin Harrison">Marvin Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elroy_Hirsch" title="Elroy Hirsch">Elroy Hirsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Hutson" title="Don Hutson">Don Hutson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent" title="Steve Largent">Steve Largent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Moss" title="Randy Moss">Randy Moss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Jerry Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Warfield" title="Paul Warfield">Paul Warfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike 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