Cleveland Browns Essentials:
Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio
Owner: Randy Lerner
Owner: Randy Lerner
Brief History
Founded: 1946 by Arthur 'Mickey' McBride
Suspended Operations: 1996-1998
AAFC Championships: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
First NFL Championship: 1950
Last NFL Championship: 1964
Other NFL Championships: 1954, 1955
Hall of Famers:
Jim Brown
Paul Brown
Joe DeLamielleure
Len Ford
Frank Gatski
Otto Graham
Lou Groza
Leroy Kelly
Dante Lavelli
Mike McCormack
Bobby Mitchell
Marion Motley
Ozzie Newsome
Paul Warfield
Bill Willis
Retired Numbers:
14 - Otto Graham
32 - Jim Brown
45 - Ernie Davis
46 - Don Fleming
76 - Lou Groza
Home Stadiums:
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (1946-1995)
Cleveland Browns Stadium (1999-present)
Current Stadium Stats:
Name: Cleveland Browns Stadium
Opened: July 1999
Capacity: 73,200
Defining Feature(s): Instead of selling the naming rights to the stadium itself, the naming rights to all four of the facility's gates were sold.
Team Colors:
Seal Brown, Orange, and White
Head Coaches:
Paul Brown (1946-1962)
Blanton Collier (1963-1970)
Nick Skorich (1971-1974)
Forrest Gregg (1975-1977)
Dick Modzelewski (1977)
Sam Rutigliano (1978-1984)
Marty Schottenheimer (1984-1988)
Bud Carson (1989-1990)
Jim Shofner (1990)
Bill Belichick (1991-1995)
Chris Palmer (1999-2000)
Butch Davis (2001-2004)
Terry Robiskie (2004)
Romeo Crennel (2005-present)
