Paul Brown - An Ohio Legend - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Paul Brown is the namesake and first head coach of the Cleveland Browns, a team that was founded as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference in 1946 (and later merged with the NFL in 1950).

Paul Brown was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame before he began his tenure as founder, coach and owner of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Brown was born on Sept. 7, 1908 in Norwalk, Ohio. He died on Aug. 5, 1991 at the age of 82.

Description: Brown distinguished himself as an exceptionally successful coach at all levels of football. He was head coach of the Massillon Washington High School Tigers (his alma mater - class of 1925) where he amassed an 80-8 record from 1932-1940, including 6 state championships and 4 national championships. In 1941, he became the head coach of The Ohio State University Buckeyes and brought a National Championship to Columbus in 1942. During WWII, Brown coached the football team at Great Lakes Pre-Flight. After the war, Brown organized the Browns in the AAFC in 1946, building the great Browns' dynasty with a career record of 167-53-8 from 1946-62, including four AAFC titles and three NFL crowns. Brown had just one losing season in 17 years. Brown's .759 career winning percentage with the Browns is the best in team history. Brown was known as a revolutionary innovator with many coaching firsts to his credit, including: * Hiring a full-time staff on a year-round basis * Instituting a system for scouting college talent on a scale never before imagined by other pro teams * Using intelligence tests as a hint to a player's learning potential * Using notebooks and classroom techniques extensively * Setting up complete film clip statistical studies * Grading his own players based on film study * Keep his players together at a hotel the night before a home game as well as a road game. * Calling plays from the sideline by utilizing alternating guards as messengers * Putting a radio receiver in a quarterback's helmet (in 1956) so that he could send in plays (the idea was banned that same year, but returned to the NFL in 1994) * Developing detailed pass patterns for the offense that were designed to pick holes in the defense * Perfecting the kind of a defense that could counteract a pattern passing attack Date of birth: 09/07/1908 Date of death: 08/05/1991 Area of notoriety: Sports Marker Type: Horizontal Marker Setting: Outdoor Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link] Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed

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