Tales from the Cleveland Browns Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Browns Stories Ever Told
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 of 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.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.

Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Tales from the Cleveland Browns Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Browns Stories Ever Told
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 of 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.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.

Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Tales from the Cleveland Browns Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Browns Stories Ever Told

Tales from the Cleveland Browns Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Browns Stories Ever Told

by Tony Grossi
Tales from the Cleveland Browns Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Browns Stories Ever Told

Tales from the Cleveland Browns Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Browns Stories Ever Told

by Tony Grossi

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Overview

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 of 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.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.

Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781613213193
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date: 09/01/2012
Series: Tales from the Team
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 3 MB
Age Range: 12 - 18 Years

About the Author

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 viii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 The 1940s and 1950s

Paul Brown 1

Otto Graham 4

Lou Groza 8

Dante Lavelli 12

Bill Willis 15

Marion Motley 18

Dub Jones 21

Emerson Cole 22

Chuck Noll 24

George Ratterman 27

Horace Gillom 28

Ken Carpenter 28

Leo Murphy 29

Chapter 2 The 1960s

Art Modell 32

Blanton Collier 35

Jim Brown 39

Paul Warfield 43

Dick Schafrath 47

Gene Hickerson 50

Frank Ryan 53

Gary Collins 57

Jim Houston 60

Vince Costello 62

Paul Wiggin 64

Erich Barnes 65

Bill Nelsen 67

Leroy Kelly 69

Chapter 3 The 1970s

Homer Jones 72

Mike Phipps 74

Doug Dieken 76

Brian Sipe 77

Peter Hadhazy 81

Sam Rutigliano 83

Jerry Sherk 87

Greg Pruitt 90

Mike Pruitt 94

Don Cockroft 96

Lyle Alzado 97

Henry Bradley 99

Joe "Turkey" Jones 101

Dino Hall 103

Thom Darden 104

Chapter 4 The 1980s

Bill Cowher 107

Joe DeLamielleure 109

Paul McDonald 112

Cleveland Crosby 113

Charles White 114

Ozzie Newsome 117

Clay Matthews 119

Marty Schottenheimer 123

Tom Cousineau 126

Eddie Johnson 128

Bob Golic 130

Al Gross 132

Chip Banks 133

Mike Junkin 135

Earnest Byner 137

Kevin Mack 140

Ernie Accorsi 144

Matt Bahr 146

Bernie Kosar 148

Gary Danielson 152

Hanford Dixon and Frank Minnifield 154

Carl "Big Daddy" Hairston 159

Sam Clancy 161

Dave Puzzuoli 163

Don Rogers 165

Mark Moseley 167

Don Strock 169

Gerald McNeil 171

Brian Brennan 173

Reggie Langhorne 175

Webster Slaughter 178

Bud Carson 180

Chapter 5 The 1990s

Felix Wright 183

Eric Metcalf 184

Bill Belichick 187

Eric Turner 191

Tom Tupa 193

Steve Everitt 193

Todd Philcox 195

Andre Rison 196

Chapter 6 The New Browns, 1999 and Beyond Al Lerner 198

Carmen Policy 202

Dwight Clark 204

Chris Palmer 206

Orlando Brown 209

Jim Pyne 211

Dave Wohlabaugh 213

Tim Couch 214

Chris Spielman 217

Spergon Wynn 218

Ben Gay 220

Phil Dawson 222

Josh Cribbs 225

Joe Thomas 227

Mike Holmgren 229

Josh Gordon 232

Joe Haden 234

Johnny Manziel 236

Baker Mayfield 239

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