TALES FROM CLEVELAND BROWNS CL

by GROSSI,TONY

• ISBN13: 9781613212196
• ISBN10: 1613212194
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL

Summary

Ohio coaching legend Paul Brown said he wanted to create "the New York Yankees of pro football" when he assembled the Cleveland Browns from scratch in 1946. Despite his ambition, not even the future Hall of Fame coach could have foreseen ten league championship appearances and seven titles in the team's first ten years. Since their first game, the Cleveland Browns have come to symbolize power, excellence, and gridiron dominance. Now fans of one the NFL's most storied teams will recapture all the excitement and glory of Browns football in this newly revised edition of Tales from the Cleveland Browns Sideline. Cleveland native and veteran football writer Tony Grossi recalls the personalities that sowed one of the NFL's proudest traditions and the characters who have continued to grow it. Fans will discover the unlikely origin of the Marion Motley trap play, the scout's inside story behind "the mad dog in the meat market, the insult that launched Brian Sipe's rise from a thirteenth-round draft pick to the league's Most Valuable Player and so much more. From Jim Brown to Bernie Kosar and up through the modern era, this book captures the colorful characters who wore the plain white uniforms and blank orange helmets like never before.

Author Biography

Tony Grossi was born and raised in Cleveland and has covered the Cleveland Browns and the NFL since 1984. He has earned writing awards on the national, state, and local levels and has been named Ohio Sportswriter of the Year. Since 1994 he has served on the prestigious Board of Selectors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction	p. ix
The 1940s and 1950s
Paul Brown	p. 1
Otto Graham	p. 4
Lou Groza	p. 8
Dante Lavelli	p. 12
Bill Willis	p. 15
Marion Motley	p. 18
Dub Jones	p. 21
Emerson Cole	p. 22
Chuck Noll	p. 24
George Ratterman	p. 27
Horace Gillom	p. 28
Ken Carpenter	p. 28
Leo Murphy	p. 29
The 1960s
Art Modell	p. 32
Blanton Collier	p. 35
Jim Brown	p. 39
Paul Warfield	p. 43
Dick Schafrath	p. 47
Gene Hickerson	p. 50
Frank Ryan	p. 53
Gary Collins	p. 57
Jim Houston	p. 60
Vince Costello	p. 62
Paul Wiggin	p. 64
Erich Barnes	p. 65
Bill Nelsen	p. 67
Leroy Kelly	p. 69
The 1970s
Homer Jones	p. 72
Mike Phipps	p. 74
Doug Dieken	p. 76
Brian Sipe	p. 77
Peter Hadhazy	p. 81
Sam Rutigliano	p. 83
Jerry Sherk	p. 87
Greg Pruitt	p. 90
Mike Pruitt	p. 94
Don Cockroft	p. 96
Lyle Alzado	p. 97
Henry Bradley	p. 99
Joe (Turkey) Jones	p. 101
Dino Hall	p. 103
Thorn Darden	p. 104
The 1980s
Bill Cowher	p. 107
Joe DeLamielleure	p. 109
Paul McDonald	p. 112
Cleveland Crosby	p. 113
Charles White	p. 114
Ozzie Newsome	p. 115
Clay Matthews	p. 119
Marty Schottenheimer	p. 123
Tom Cousineau	p. 125
Eddie Johnson	p. 128
Bob Golic	p. 130
Al Gross	p. 132
Chip Banks	p. 133
Mike Junkin	p. 134
Earnest Byner	p. 136
Kevin Mack	p. 140
Ernie Accorsi	p. 143
Mart Bahr	p. 146
Bernie Kosar	p. 148
Gary Danielson	p. 151
Hanford Dixon and Frank Minnifield	p. 154
Carl (Big Daddy) Hairston	p. 159
Sam Clancy	p. 161
Dave Puzzuoli	p. 163
Don Rogers	p. 165
MarkMoseley	p. 166
Don Strock	p. 168
Gerald McNeil	p. 171
Brian Brennan	p. 173
Reggie Langhorne	p. 175
Webster Slaughter	p. 177
Bud Carson	p. 179
The 1990s
Felix Wright	p. 182
Eric Metcalf	p. 183
Bill Belichick	p. 186
Eric Turner	p. 190
Tom Tupa	p. 192
Steve Everitt	p. 194
Todd Philcox	p. 194
Andre Rison	p. 195
The New Browns, 1999 and Beyond
Al Lerner	p. 197
Carmen Policy	p. 201
Dwight Clark	p. 203
Chris Palmer	p. 205
Orlando Brown	p. 208
Jim Pyne	p. 210
Dave Wohlabaugh	p. 212
Tim Couch	p. 213
Chris Spielman	p. 216
Spergon Wynn	p. 217
Ben Gay	p. 219
Phil Dawson	p. 221
Josh Cribbs	p. 224
Joe Thomas	p. 226
Mike Holmgren	p. 228
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