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The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Since joining the NFL in 1950, the Browns have had 65 quarterbacks start in at least one game for the team.
The fans adopted that name in 1984 after members of the Browns defense used it to describe the team's defense. [87] Retired cornerback Hanford Dixon, who played his entire career for the Browns (1981–1989), is credited with naming the Cleveland Browns defense 'The Dawgs' in the mid-1980s. Dixon and teammates Frank Minnifield and Eddie Johnson ...
This category is for players for the Cleveland Browns since the team joined the NFL in 1950. There are separate categories for each era of the franchise: Category:Cleveland Browns (AAFC) players (1946–1949) Category:Cleveland Browns players (1950–) Note, there is also a separate category for the Baltimore Ravens, Category:Baltimore Ravens ...
The name of the team was at first left up to Brown, who rejected calls for it to be christened the Browns. [12] McBride then held a contest to name the team in May 1945; "Cleveland Panthers" was the most popular choice, but Brown rejected it because it was the name of an earlier failed football team. "That old Panthers team failed", Brown said.
The team began playing in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), and joined the NFL as part of the AAFC–NFL merger in 1950. [1] The team played their home games at Cleveland Stadium from 1946 to 1995 before moving to Cleveland Browns Stadium, where they have played since 1999. [2] The Browns did not play from ...
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins (82) scores a touchdown ahead of Indianapolis Colts defensive back Tavon Wilson (31) during the second quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct ...
The following is a list of sportscasters who have covered the Browns over the radio throughout the team's history (including its first four seasons as a member of the All-America Football Conference and original incarnation in the NFL from 1950 to 1995), split by play-by-play and commentary. The team began using radio sideline reporters upon ...
Jimmy Haslam. James Arthur Haslam III (born March 9, 1954) is an American businessman and sports executive. He is the chairman of the board of the Pilot Flying J truck stop chain. He and his wife Dee own the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer (MLS), and a stake in the Milwaukee Bucks ...