Paul Brown Biography - Growing Up, A Storybook Beginning, On To Osu, Gridiron Success, Chronology, Awards And Accomplishments - SELECTED WRITINGS BY BROWN:

Paul Brown - Growing Up

Paul Brown was born on September 7, 1908, in Norwalk, Ohio, a small town north of Canton (home of the Football Hall of Fame and where the National Football League was founded in 1920). Brown's father, Lester, was a railroad dispatcher and responsible for split-second switching of trains from one track to another. This precision rubbed off on the young Paul Brown, and decades later Coach Bro…

Paul Brown - A Storybook Beginning

Paul Brown - On To Osu

Brown moved on to take the head coaching position with Ohio State University. Francis Schmidt had resigned as coach and the people of Ohio wanted Paul Brown. Many of the high school coaches, according to Mark Bechtel in Sports Illustrated, wanted this dominating presence out of their ranks. "[They] made it known that if Brown did not get the Ohio State job, they would encourage their star p…

Paul Brown - Gridiron Success

In their first season as a team, the Cleveland Browns won their first five games by a combined score of 142-20. They ended up at 12-2 on the year, winning the franchise's first AAFC Championship over New York at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Brown coached Cleveland to championships the next three seasons, as well. In 1949, the NFL took the Browns into the league (along with the Baltimore Col…

Paul Brown - Chronology

Paul Brown - Awards And Accomplishments

Paul Brown - Brown's Impact On Football

The list of people Paul Brown had a direct influence on is long and prestigious. A few among the many are defensive back and later Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula, Bill Walsh, and offensive guard Chuck Noll. Cinncinnati coach Sam Wyche learned from Brown. And Weeb Ewbank, who coached the Baltimore Colts and New York Jets to championships, had known Paul Brown almost from the beginning. Bud Gra…

Paul Brown - The Brown System Finds An Adversary

Brown developed an incredibly complex offensive system. Contrary to closed lineups previously used, Paul Brown Brown opened up the field, spreading his receivers and utilizing the whole field. And he ran his team with precision, so much so that he needed assistants in his chain of command. One such assistant, Fritz Heisler, said, "He reminds me of a surgeon. He's impersonal, a…

Paul Brown - Legends By The Lake

Paul Brown - Who's To Blame?

Some apologists for Modell claim he didn't have a chance, that Paul Brown lost touch with the changing times. The new generation of players were different than those who first adhered to Brown's militaristic style. Yet it is difficult to deny the success that came with his method, for better or worse. In seventeen seasons with the Cleveland Browns, Paul Brown coached the team to a .7…

Paul Brown - Further Information

Brown, Paul, and Jack T. Clary. Paul Brown: The Paul Brown Story. New York: MacMillan, 1979. Long, Tim. Browns Memories: The 338 Most Memorable Heroes, Heartaches and Highlights from 50 Seasons of Cleveland Browns Football. Cleveland, OH: Gray and Company, 1996. Moon, Bob. The Cleveland Browns: The Great Tradition. Sportradition Publishers, 1999. "Paul Brown." Newsmakers 1992. Issue …