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Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), the National Football League (NFL), and the American Football League (AFL).
The AAFC was the second American professional football league (the first being the third American Football League of 1940–1941) to have its teams play in a double round robin format in the regular season: each team had a home game and an away game with each of the other AAFC teams. The Cleveland Browns were the AAFC's most successful club ...
The Browns finished the 1948 season with a perfect record and defeated the Buffalo Bills to win the AAFC championship for the third time in a row. [1] Head coach Paul Brown made several adjustments before the 1949 season, bringing in halfback Les Horvath, a former Los Angeles Rams player from Ohio State who had won the Heisman Trophy in 1944. [2]
The 1946 Cleveland Browns season was the team's first in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The Browns, coached by Paul Brown , ended the year with a record of 12–2, winning the AAFC's Western Division.
In their first game in the NFL after dominating the AAFC, the Paul Brown-led Browns blasted the defending NFL champion Eagles 35-10 on Sept. 16, 1950. Quarterback Otto Graham and the Browns ...
The Browns were named after original head coach Paul Brown. The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1944 when taxicab magnate Arthur B. "Mickey" McBride secured a Cleveland franchise in the newly formed All-America Football Conference (AAFC). [21] Paul Brown was the team's namesake and first coach. The Browns began play in 1946 in the AAFC.
The Cleveland Browns were founded and started play in 1946 in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), a league formed to compete with the more established National Football League (NFL). [3] The team was a success both financially and on the field under head coach Paul Brown , drawing large crowds and winning all four of the AAFC's ...
A Does not include Paul Brown's four-year AAFC playoff record of 5–0 or his four consecutive AAFC championships from 1946 to 1949. B Does not include Ray Flaherty's AAFC playoff record of 0–2 coaching the New York Yankees. C Does not include Buck Shaw's AAFC record of 1–1 coaching the 49ers.