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There was little fanfare when Art "Mickey" McBride flew into Chicago in 1945 to purchase a professional football team for Cleveland. But that act set in motion a tradition that has brought the city of Cleveland together on Sunday afternoons for (most of) the sixty years to follow. Cleveland Browns History is the story of championship seasons, legendary coaches, and Hall of Fame players. Coach Paul Brown led his teams to seven league title games in their first 17 seasons. Running backs Marion Motley, Jim Brown, and Leroy Kelley each rushed over opposing defenses and
straight into Canton, Ohio, along with fellow Browns like Otto Graham, Ozzie Newsome, and Len Ford. The "Kardiac Kids" in 1980 had too many nail-biters for some fans, but won the AFC Central in typical fashion--by three points in the final game of the season. All these stories, plus those of the many unsung heroes to don the NFL's only logo-less helmet, fill the pages of this book, sure to delight any Cleveland Browns fan.

ISBN-13: 9781531619732

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

Publication Date: 07-06-2005

Pages: 130

Product Dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.38(d)

Frank M. Henkel is the creator of the online NFL History Network, which includes his own brownshistory.com, and is now one of the largest pro football history sites on the internet. He is also a member of the Professional Football Research Association. A lifelong Browns fan, Henkel's dogs—Bernie and Hanford—are named for his childhood football heroes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6
Introduction 7
1 Creating and Destroying the AAFC: 1946-1949 9
2 New League, Old Result: 1950-1955 23
3 Brown In, Brown Out: 1956-1962 35
4 A Franchise Reborn: 1963-1970 47
5 Peaks and Valleys: 1971-1978 61
6 The Kardiac Kids: 1979-1984 73
7 Marty Ball and the Hometown Hero: 1985-1988 87
8 Diminishing Skills: 1989-1996 99
9 Starting Over: 1997-2004 111
Bibliography 128