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Dorne Dibble
Cloyce Box

I liked the Detroit Lions book in the Great Teams, Great Years series. Especially interesting to me was the chapter about the final game of the 1956 season between Detroit and the Chicago Bears (the Ed Meadows game). Unusual to have one of Detroit's losses included in their great games. There also w...

Gary Collins

Theismann would be fine by me. Also, Frank Ryan. Ryan wasn't so good in his last year as starting quarterback (1967) as he was battered with injuries. He was pretty good before that as he led the Browns to their first championship since the days of Otto Graham. Don't think that they would have won t...

1957 Cleveland Browns. After leading the NFL in fewest points allowed that year, they got slaughtered in the championship game, 59 to 14, by the Detroit Lions. Actually, the Browns led their league in fewest points allowed in 10 out of 12 seasons, starting in 1946 and ending in 1957. About 3 days b...

1957 Cleveland Browns. After leading the NFL in fewest points allowed that year, they got slaughtered in the championship game, 59 to 14, by the Detroit Lions. Actually, the Browns led their league in fewest points allowed in 10 out of 12 seasons, starting in 1946 and ending in 1957. About 3 days be...

I agree, both books are excellent sources for the 1946-55 era. I used them for one of my own books. And while not Browns-specific, let's not forget Stuart Leuthner's Iron Men . Another great collection of first-person accounts of the game in the '50s. This is really ironic. I just ordered your book...

This book, by Alan Natali, came out in 2001. It is one of my favorite football books along with Andy Piascik's "The Best Show In Football." I love both of those books, but I am talking about Natali's book here. It was great to read things from guys like Otto Graham, Lou Groza, Dante Lavell...

Rick Casares

I don't think that Paul Brown could have swung deals with the NFL teams from 1949 because those teams were not about to help either Cleveland or the 49ers out with trades in 1950. That is why the Browns and 49ers had to replace the retired players with either rookies or former AAFC players that they...