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An agreement between the city of Cleveland and the NFL kept the team's history, name and colors in Cleveland, while Modell's new team would be regarded as an expansion team. The Baltimore Ravens would begin play in 1996, and the Browns would return to the league in 1999. For record-keeping purposes, the Browns are considered to have suspended ...
Cause of death Year Ralph Anderson: 24 WR: Los Angeles Chargers : Diabetic reaction 1960 Jeff Burkett: 26 WR / P: Chicago Cardinals: Plane crash: 1947 Ernie Davis: 23 HB: Cleveland Browns: Leukemia 1963 [a] Terry Dillon: 22 DB: Minnesota Vikings: Drowned 1964 Bo Farrington: 28 TE: Chicago Bears: Car crash (with Willie Galimore) 1964 Don Fleming ...
The Browns began play in 1946 in the AAFC. The Browns won each of the league's four championship games before the league dissolved in 1949. The team then moved to the more established National Football League (NFL), where it continued to dominate. Between 1950 and 1955, Cleveland reached the NFL championship game every year, winning three times.
The Browns won the NFL championship in 1950, and advanced to the championship game but lost each year between 1951 and 1953, Thompson's last season. [12] During his last two years, he was the right-side linebacker after Cleveland switched to a 5-2 defense. [10] He was named a second-team All-Pro in 1951 and 1952 and a first-team All-Pro in 1953 ...
The History of the Cleveland Browns American football team began in 1944 when taxi-cab magnate Arthur B. "Mickey" McBride secured a Cleveland, Ohio, franchise in the newly formed All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Paul Brown, who coach Bill Walsh once called the "father of modern football", [1] was the team's namesake and first coach.
Graham was voted the United Press NFL Player of the Year [46] and led the Browns to a 10–2 record, which set up a playoff against the New York Giants for a spot in the championship game. [ 35 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] The Browns' only two losses of the season had come against the Giants, but in a frozen Cleveland Stadium on December 17, Cleveland beat ...
Ryan died New Year's Day at age 89. “The Cleveland Browns surprised their many critics, and their most avid fans, too, by not only defeating the Baltimore Colts today but also routing them, 27-0 ...
Warren Emmett Lahr (September 5, 1923 – January 19, 1969) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back who played for the Cleveland Browns for 11 seasons, mainly in the 1950s. When he retired, he had the most career interceptions in Browns team history with 44.