Your Conversion Story
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Born and raised in Berea, Ohio....did I really have a choice???
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I am a true convert. I grew up mostly near Williamsburg, VA and was an Army brat. My dad was born and raised in Cleveland (Fairview Park) along with his 2 brothers. He went to numerous Browns and Indians games with his older brother in the 1950's. Anyways, in 1987, he was given a 1-year assignment in Korea, while my Mom, my sister and me remained in Virginia. I was originally a Redskins fan, and enjoyed watching Theismann, Riggins, Dexter Manley, Art Monk, etc. Fortunately, in the 1980's, the Redskins won several championships and it was fun being a Redskins fan. But when my dad came home after not seeing him for an entire year, of course as a 12 year old kid, I was just happy he was back. A month or so later, we went up to Cleveland to visit relatives and I went to my first ever live sporting event.... an Indians game. From there on out, I have been a huge Indians fan. A few months later, the new NFL season started up. And my dad and I would watch football together. Being a Browns fan, he chose to watch the Browns on Sunday (in Virginia, the old AFC Central teams were on local TV ALOT... with the Redskins <NFC> on the other channel). Anyways, I made the decision to switch to being a Browns fan. I figured I'm already hooked on Cleveland's baseball team, why not become a supporter of all Cleveland's teams. Keep in mind that this change came after the Redskins won the Super Bowl against Denver!! Switching teams after your original team just won the Super Bowl?? But it wasn't about that. It was about family, tradition, and re-connecting with my dad who I had missed the previous year. I don't regret my decision. I am a Browns fan for life!!
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Born in....Dad had season tickets for a long time...we would go down to see Dante Lavelli when I was young...Jim Browns and crew later on
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Born in Erie so had a few choices, my father passed away when i was 3 so no influence there. I became a browns fan on my 4th birthday when my grandmother bought me the hutch helmet and jersey set. she had no idea what team it was she just thought a 4 yr old kid might like running around in a helmet. And I did. Thank god she picked up the orange one and not the yellow and black one sitting on the shelf next to it.
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I was born into it as well.
For the Joe-Bag_a-Donuts the Cleveland Browns were proof positive that the every day guy could achieve greatness.
The current franchise is so bad that I have stopped equating those teams with this one.
It is hard not to get emotional thinking about the old times.
It is impossible to get emotional watching teh new times.
This franchise should never have been named the Browns. It is a facade.
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Browns fans aren't converted, they're hatched.
Regards
.... an'at
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I was borned and raised in Painesville and I am 36 and I remember watching Brian Sipe as QB like it was yesterday. Then I seen Bernie take over and so on and so on! We went thru a lot of coaches in that time too. We had Sipe coach with the glasses, Marty, Carson, and Belichik. I really thought the last year before they moved to baltimore was the year for us to see glory. With Rob Burnett DE, Pleasant DE, Turner and the rest of the D. I really did not like Testicle man but he did good. The only one I was not sure why they got him was Andre Bad Moon Rison, his named should of been Andre Sucks Rison. His style was nothing that the browns was. He was more of a Warren Moon type receiver or west coast type offense. At that time browns was a run first and pass second team with wideouts of Alexander and Jackson that were good, not great but good enough! I think the picking of him hurt that season. The old stadium with almost 100 thousand in the stadium was awesome and the dawg pound was great. The dawg pound did not take crap from anyone I remember being at a game and shitzburgh was there and we were winning and shitzburgh hasn't scored yet. I notice 3 guys sitting together with no browns stuff on they had jackets on. Then shitzburg scored and those 3 guys took off there jackets and all hell broke loose. I miss that atmosphere at the games. I kind of wish we kept the old stadium and just upgraded it. The games are not the same and thats why I kind of wish Marty would come back with hope of bringing it back, but I don't even think he could really bring it back like it was. I am a browns fan forever, but wish the old could come back........
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The Kardiac Kids did it for me. I had moved from Shaker to the sticks when I was 7 years old and the Browns kicked in with Sipe. The Rutigliano Super Bowl song was way cool and allowed me to really know the players on the team at that age.
Notice in the video below the Browns coming out of the baseball dugout. Good ol' Municipal. Seat behind the post anyone?
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I'm 35 and what Sipe started, Kosar cemented. I loved watching them in the mid eighties before cable TV and fantasy football and a million other weekend distractions.
That said, I can't see how young kids who know the difference between a winner and a piece of crap can support this lousy team. Since 1999 we've gone out and gotten embarassed every Sunday. We can't win at home. We can't beat our rivals in the Steelers and Ravens. Why the hell would any kid want to throw on Browns gear and go to school when other kids razz him for supporting a loser. One of my buddies was the lone Steeler fan in our group for reasons I never understood. We'd get into arguments in Junior High that always ended with him bragging about the 4 Steelers Super Bowls and none for us. That would always infuriate me.
My kid is too young to care about football, but I'd have to feel pretty stupid trying to convince a 10-year old kid to cheer for this bunch of quitters. Kids like winners and don't have the patience for losers like the rest of us.
We had better turn this around soon.
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I was born in NE Ohio. My family and friends are Browns fans.
End of story.
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It all started when I fell in love with Brian Sipe and the Kardiac Kids...
The first game I ever attended in Municipal Stadium was in 1980 against the Steelers. We won, of course
and, yes, I did sit behind one of the infamous poles.
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Seat behind the post anyone?
Opposite of the Pound, that is how I watched the Jets OT playoff game - - behind a post.
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My dad thought Lindy Infante was God. Dad died in '87 but my mom, who's in her 80's, still watches the Browns whenever they play. I couldn't help being a Browns fan growing up in that house in Lorain.
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Ive been a Browns Fan for 24 yrs. I've been a season ticket holder for just a couple of years. I drive 5 hrs from Canada every game with one of my kids.
I have no idea why I'm a Browns fan....but I am one.
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I bought the last Betamax machine ever sold.
I brought it home from the store in my Yugo.
I voted for W......Twice.
I invested all my life's savings in a stock that couldn't miss - Enron.
I am pretty sure that Michael Jackson was innocent and O.J. was too.
When Robert Reed died of AIDS, I said "But how could HE get AIDS? After all, he was the dad on The Brady Bunch!"
High School was the best 6 1/2 years of my life.
I collected Beanie Babies for years, but mark my words, one day I'll cash in.
When my wife asked me "Does this make me look fat?" I felt I owed it to her to tell the truth.
I am coming into a LOT of money soon, when I help this nice man from Nigeria recover the millions he has in a bank account in Switzerland. I'm going to use that money to start an Amway distributorship.
Having said all that, what else could I be but....A BROWNS FAN!!!!
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