A Football Life: Paul Brown premieres on Nov. 6
By Thomas Moore
Sep 21, 2014; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns helmet on the field before a game against the Baltimore Ravens at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ron Schwane-USA TODAY Sports
If you are feeling a bit down in the dumps over the Cleveland Browns, the NFL Network has something that will lift your spirits, Browns fans.
The channel will premiere A Football Life: Paul Brown this Friday at 9 p.m. (You can watch a preview clip here.)
Brown is one of the greatest head coaches in NFL history, taking the Browns to 10 consecutive championship games between 1946 and 1955, winning seven of them. In 17 years with the Browns, he posted a winning percentage of .750, still by far the best in franchise history.
According to his Pro Football Hall of Fame bio:
"Paul Brown, perhaps more than any other person, is responsible for making pro football coaching the exact science it is today. When he organized the Cleveland Browns in the new All-America Football Conference in 1946, he started doing things no other pro coach had tried."
"Brown built a pro football dynasty in Cleveland, posting a 167-53-8 record, four AAFC titles, three NFL crowns and only one losing season in 17 years. In the four seasons the Browns operated in the AAFC, they lost just four games. When the Browns joined the NFL in 1950, they continued their winning ways playing in the next six championship games and winning the title in 1950, 1954, and 1955."
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After being fired by Art Modell following the 1962 season, Brown was out of the NFL until 1968, when he returned to the sidelines with the AFL expansion Cincinnati Bengals. Brown would coach the Bengals for eight years before retiring for good following the 1975 season, a year that saw him guide the Bengals to an 11-3 record.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967.
And we know of no one in Northeast Ohio who cares that the Bengals made the Super Bowl 27 years ago, other than a certain local “analyst.” (You’ll see what we mean when you watch the preview clip.)