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What Made You a Browns Fan?

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  • Great stories guys

    Is a pig's ass pork?

  • This is a nice thread you started Flugel. I have liked reading these stories on how we all came to be Brown's fans.

  • Being brought up on W. 47th St. between Dennison Ave. and Storer Ave. Father used to take me and older brother to games on a CTS bus for a dime a piece.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.

  • The '64 championship game was my introduction to the Browns. We moved here from the Eastern Shore of Maryland in '63 and football wasn't a big thing. Started paying attention in '65, and I'd have to give Gib Shanley and Jim Graner a lot of the credit. Loved listening to the games on the radio. Leroy Kelly and Gene Hickerson were my favorites and still are to this day.

  • I killed several people in a previous life.

    It's true what the Hindus say, Karma is a bitch.

  • ErnieCamacho84E ErnieCamacho84

    I killed several people in a previous life.

    It's true what the Hindus say, Karma is a bitch.

    @erniecamacho84 said:

    I killed several people in a previous life.

    It's true what the Hindus say, Karma is a bitch.

    LOL!!!!! 😆 :lol:

  • HowieDawgH HowieDawg

    I became a browns fan in 1988. My first trip to the US was when I was about 13 in 1981. I was so excited about being in America - I had always wanted to go, the first night we got to the hotel in Orlando i put the TV on and this game I had heard about was being played on TV. The big crowds, the pads, helmets, razmataz and bone crushing hits grabbed me instantly. What I couldn't work out but loved, was that you were allowed to flatten opponents who WEREN'T CARRYING THE BALL! I played Rugby at school and that certainly wasn't allowed. I was hooked.

    I flirted with becoming a Tampa Bay Bucs fan as this was the first place I set foot on in the US, but a waiter at the hotel told me that they were awful and I should think hard about that before I committed!!

    So the next 7 years saw me becoming an overall NFL fan, a fan of the game but with no family in the US, no real connection, I didn't have a team. Then one night I met a guy called Jamie Berger. Jamie was from Cuyahogha Falls Ohio. he was the friend of a friend working in London and over a discussion he realised that I loved football. He asked me what team I followed and I told him none - he told me straight out that i was now a Browns Fan. He did not give me a choice. He went into great detail telling me that they were the best team i the history of the game, practically invented the modern game. He told me about Paul brown, the Municipal stadium, no logo, no cheerleaders, blue collar, hall of fame inductees, the fans, the dawgpound and thorwing dog biscuits at the opposition whilst stripped half naked barking like rabid wolves in something called the Dawgpound. How could I say no to that.

    I was a Browns fan and proud. Then the NFL announced a series of exhibition games that were to be played in pre-season in Wembley Stadium in England. Guess what, Kosar's Browns would face Cunnigham's Eagles in August 1989 in London. Jamie's parents bundled up a parcel with hats, shirts and banners and shipped it all to us in the UK. I was actually going to see the Browns play! I remember that day so clearly - we tailgated at Jamie's house and then hopped on the train to Wembley.

    I got to see the team that went on to beat the Steelers 51-0 in the opening game that season. I saw Webster Slaughter haul in a one hander right in front of me. I saw Bernie's ducking and diving, foot back stance under center, Clay Matthews hit people really hard and a young rookie called Eric Metcalf takes some reps for his new team. We lost, but hey it was pre-season and, little did I know then, I would get used to losing.

    So that's how it all started for me. I followed the browns via newspapers until the internet came about. Cried into my beer like you all did when modell made his decision and got excited when we came back. But what turbo charged my addiction to the Browns was actually coming to Cleveland. I live in a small village in England, population of about 200. we have a pub. I met this guy there in 2003 called Gareth, G-Man o this board. We had known each other for about 3 years before I mentioned to him my love of Amercian football. Bizarrely, he was also a Browns fan. It's hard enough to find anyone over here who likes the NFL never mind has a team, never mind lives in your tiny village never mind a damned Browns fan!!!!

    We decided to go to Cleveland together and later that year it's exactly what we did. Browns beat the Seahawks in overtime in 2007 via the sweet boot of Phil Dawson. What a first game. Seriously one of the best moments of my life. Well, this september we make it back "home" to Cleveland to see our gang of close close friends and the Browns for our 10th home game on 9 trips. record so far is 3-6. But what the hell - we love the Browns, Cleveland, Ohio and the amazing people we know and are yet to make friends with.

    Go Bloody Browns!

    @howiedawg said:

    Go Bloody Browns!

    Awesome stuff Howie. I am also back this year for my second trip in a row and bringing my two best friends over, one of whom has already become a Browns fan because of my chatter, the other will hopefully follow.

  • L LondonBrown

    @howiedawg said:

    Go Bloody Browns!

    Awesome stuff Howie. I am also back this year for my second trip in a row and bringing my two best friends over, one of whom has already become a Browns fan because of my chatter, the other will hopefully follow.

    @londonbrown said:

    Awesome stuff Howie. I am also back this year for my second trip in a row and bringing my two best friends over, one of whom has already become a Browns fan because of my chatter, the other will hopefully follow.

    Take Adebayor, he might be useful.

  • gftChrisG gftChris

    @londonbrown said:

    Awesome stuff Howie. I am also back this year for my second trip in a row and bringing my two best friends over, one of whom has already become a Browns fan because of my chatter, the other will hopefully follow.

    Take Adebayor, he might be useful.

    @gftchris said:

    Take Adebayor, he might be useful.

    With his curse the plane might crash

  • The Municipal Stadium, Bernie and the Pumpkin Head crash hats! 🙂

    Woof Woof!
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