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  • S SdBacker80

    @the-gipper said:

    The theme of today's Trivia is "To be a Brown, or not To Be a Brown,  that is the question".     I am going to give you a list of names.  

    You tell us whether or not the names I give  were or were not  a player that once played for the Browns.   Some names may be familiar in other contexts.  You hve to determine if there was also a Brown by that name.  Here you go I will lump them by  the Alphabet

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    A.    Chet Atkins;  Karim Abdul-Jabbar; 

    B.   Jim Black;  Jim Brown; James Brown; ; John Brown;

    C. Cameron Jordan;  Ka-ren Carpenter;  George Cherokee;   Elvince Costello

    F.   Fabiano;  Fred  Foggie;  Henry Ford;  David Frost

    G.  Tom Gibson;  Forrest Grigg

    H.   Hamlett;  John Hughes

    J.  Andrew Jackson;  Dick Jacobs;  Tommy James;  Tom Joad;   George Jones;  Tom Jones

    K.  Don King;  James Kirk;   Fred Kruger

    L. Bert Lahr;  Clubber Lang

    M. Marcel  Marceau;  Willie Hays Mays;  Montreal Meander;   Eddie Murphy;  Michael Myers

    N. Ozzie  Nelson

    R. Jim Rome;   Fred Rogers

    S.  Nick Saban;   Fred Sanford;  Stan Sheriff;  Dick Shiner; 

    T.  Zack Taylor;  Tanya Tucker

    V.  Dick Vitale

    W.  Apollo Creed  aka  Carl Weathers;    Bob White;  Thomas (Woodrow) Wilson;   Wil(bur) Wright.

    Meander, Abdul Jabbar, Jim Brown, John Hughes All Browns 

    @sdbacker80 said:

    Meander, Abdul Jabbar, Jim Brown, John Hughes All Browns 

    Check on these.

  • T TexasAg1969

    @the-gipper said:

    The theme of today's Trivia is "To be a Brown, or not To Be a Brown,  that is the question".     I am going to give you a list of names.  

    You tell us whether or not the names I give  were or were not  a player that once played for the Browns.   Some names may be familiar in other contexts.  You hve to determine if there was also a Brown by that name.  Here you go I will lump them by  the Alphabet

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    A.    Chet Atkins;  Karim Abdul-Jabbar; 

    B.   Jim Black;  Jim Brown; James Brown; ; John Brown;

    C. Cameron Jordan;  Ka-ren Carpenter;  George Cherokee;   Elvince Costello

    F.   Fabiano;  Fred  Foggie;  Henry Ford;  David Frost

    G.  Tom Gibson;  Forrest Grigg

    H.   Hamlett;  John Hughes

    J.  Andrew Jackson;  Dick Jacobs;  Tommy James;  Tom Joad;   George Jones;  Tom Jones

    K.  Don King;  James Kirk;   Fred Kruger

    L. Bert Lahr;  Clubber Lang

    M. Marcel  Marceau;  Willie Hays Mays;  Montreal Meander;   Eddie Murphy;  Michael Myers

    N. Ozzie  Nelson

    R. Jim Rome;   Fred Rogers

    S.  Nick Saban;   Fred Sanford;  Stan Sheriff;  Dick Shiner; 

    T.  Zack Taylor;  Tanya Tucker

    V.  Dick Vitale

    W.  Apollo Creed  aka  Carl Weathers;    Bob White;  Thomas (Woodrow) Wilson;   Wil(bur) Wright.

    J. Tommy James played for the Crimson Tide which inspired him to write/sing Crimson & Clover. Andrew Jackson played for New Orleans.

    @texasag1969 said:

    J. Tommy James played for the Crimson Tide which inspired him to write/sing Crimson & Clover. Andrew Jackson played for New Orleans.

    OK, very clever.... but you did not in any way answer the question.  Did they also play for the Browns? 

  • G.  Tom Gibson;  Forrest Grigg......I assume that you mean Forrest Gregg YES

    Tom Gibson maybe, Tom Gipson sounds like some dweeb pencil pusher NO.  And I see that retirement is agreeing with you, you have entirely too much time on your hands.

    And the real Forrest Gregg below no pencil pusher.

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    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
  • mjp28M mjp28

    G.  Tom Gibson;  Forrest Grigg......I assume that you mean Forrest Gregg YES

    Tom Gibson maybe, Tom Gipson sounds like some dweeb pencil pusher NO.  And I see that retirement is agreeing with you, you have entirely too much time on your hands.

    And the real Forrest Gregg below no pencil pusher.

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    @mjp28 said:

    G.  Tom Gibson;  Forrest Grigg......I assume that you mean Forrest Gregg YES

    Tom Gibson maybe, Tom Gipson sounds like some dweeb pencil pusher NO.  And I see that retirement is agreeing with you, you have entirely too much time on your hands.

    And the real Forrest Gregg below no pencil pusher.

    Tom Gibson is the actor who played on Dharma and Greg, and  Criminal Intent.  And also, yes, a Browns player. 

    So, I give you that one. 

    And....you would assume wrong.

    Forrest "Chubby" Grigg.....was a member of the Cleveland Browns.    But also kind of a sad story.   To be honest, I had not heard of him as a member of the Browns until I did this research. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Grigg

    Grigg pictured in uniform in a publicity shot

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mjp28 said:

    G.  Tom Gibson;  Forrest Grigg......I assume that you mean Forrest Gregg YES

    Tom Gibson maybe, Tom Gipson sounds like some dweeb pencil pusher NO.  And I see that retirement is agreeing with you, you have entirely too much time on your hands.

    And the real Forrest Gregg below no pencil pusher.

    Tom Gibson is the actor who played on Dharma and Greg, and  Criminal Intent.  And also, yes, a Browns player. 

    So, I give you that one. 

    And....you would assume wrong.

    Forrest "Chubby" Grigg.....was a member of the Cleveland Browns.    But also kind of a sad story.   To be honest, I had not heard of him as a member of the Browns until I did this research. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Grigg

    Grigg pictured in uniform in a publicity shot

    @the-gipper said:

     assume wrong.

    Forrest "Chubby" Grigg.....was a member of the Cleveland Browns

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Grigg

    But...buzzzz.  not this one.

    Wow that just looked like a for sure typo. Chubby Grigg.

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
  • mjp28M mjp28

    @the-gipper said:

     assume wrong.

    Forrest "Chubby" Grigg.....was a member of the Cleveland Browns

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Grigg

    But...buzzzz.  not this one.

    Wow that just looked like a for sure typo. Chubby Grigg.

    @mjp28 said:

    Wow that just looked like a for sure typo. Chubby Grigg.

    Well....needless to say....there are more tricks of that nature  on the list. 

  • R. Jim Rome;   Fred Rogers

    Rome imposter, Rogers I seem to remember that name as a player.

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!

  • Word on a few of the guys whose names have been given:

    I already explained about Forrest Grigg...yes a Brown.    Forrest Gregg....was a former Browns HC, but not player

    Jim Rome...not a Brown.    Jerry Rhome, however was.

    Fred Rogers....not a Brown.   Don Rogers, Shaun Rogers, were.

    Tommy James was a Brown.  ...but he came without the Shondells.  

    Andrew Jackson was not.   But we did have a guy named  Alfred Jackson.

    Jim Brown,  Montrel/Montreal Meander, John Hughes, and Karim (not Kareem) Abdul-Jabbar were Browns

    James Brown  was a Browns player...( a different James Brown besides Jim Brown) .and the Godfather of Soul. 

    There are still like over 30 names left to answer up there

  • You tell us whether or not the names I give  were or were not  a player that once played for the Browns.   Some names may be familiar in other contexts.  You hve to determine if there was also a Brown by that name.  Here you go I will lump them by  the Alphabet.

    Answers.   Here we go with each name.

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    A.    Chet Atkins;  No....There was a Chet Adams, and a Doug Atkins,  but Chet Atkins remains the rockabilly artist of the 50s.

     Karim Abdul-Jabbar;   Yes, not to be confused with Kareem.

    B.   Jim Black;  Jim Brown; James Brown; ; John Brown;

    ALL of the above were players for the Brown;   as well as being Godfathers of Soul, and Harper's Ferry Raiders

    C. Cameron Jordan;  NO....but Jordan Cameron was a Browns player

     Ka-ren Carpenter;  NO....but Ken Carpenter was

     George Cherokee;   Yes,  Browns player

      Elvince Costello....Yes, sort of.  Vince Costello was....and if you consider him THE Vince Costello, but say it is Spanish, he is El Vince Costello....of course, not to be confused with Elvis Costello.

    F.   Fabiano;   Yes, but I don't think he went by just one name like the similarly named male model Fabio.   He was Anthony Fabiano

     Fred  Foggie;  Henry Ford;  Both of these were Browns players.....as well as one being an auto mogul. 

     David Frost...No, but there was a Derrick Frost.....but as far as I know, Derrick Frost did not do a famous interview of Richard Nixon.

    G.  Tom Gibson;  Forrest Grigg  Yes, both of these were Browns players.....but do not confuse the first with the  Criminal Minds actor...or me.  And don't confuse the latter with the Packer/Browns-Bengals former coach Forrest Gregg. 

    H.   Hamlett;   Yes, there was a Browns player named Hamlett (Hamlet)... first name Robert.  Not to be confused with that Danish guy.

     John Hughes.....Yes a Browns player.  But not to be confused with the Director of the likes of Ferris Beuhler, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire; Sixteen Candles etc. 

    J.  Andrew Jackson;   No....but we did have an Alfred Jackson

     Dick Jacobs;   No....but we did have a Dave Jacobs  (and fyi...former Browns owner Dick Jacobs had a brother named Dave)

     Tommy James;   Yes,  a Browns player, as well as the Crystal Blue Persuasion singer.

     Tom Joad;  NO, not a Browns player....but we did have a Tim Goad.....not to be confused with the Grapes of Wrath/Springsteen character.

     George Jones;  Tom Jones.....YES, both Browns players    as well as being singer types. 

    K.  Don King;  Yes,  Browns player, but not to be confused with boxing promotor "Only in America" guy.

     James Kirk;    No....closest we came to this was Captain Kirksey

      Fred Kruger....NO.....closest we came was Paul Kruger

    L. Bert Lahr;   No...no Cowardly Lion actors.....but we did have Warren Lahr.

     Clubber Lang.    Well, maybe, sorta.  Not the Mr. T character....but we did have defensive lineman Kenard Lang....and at times I know he was referred to as Clubber (in homage to the Rocky character)

    M. Marcel  Marceau;  NO,  no mimes....but we did have a Mel Maceau

     Willie Hays Mays;   No, nor a Willie Mays Hays......but we did have David Mays

     Montreal Meander;   Yes,  well, Montrel Meander that is.

      Eddie Murphy;  No...but we did have a Freddie Murphy

     Michael Myers.....YES, a Browns player,   not a psycho killer, nor a SNL comedian

    N. Ozzie  Nelson...No,  but we did have Ozzie Newsome.

    R. Jim Rome;    No, but we did have Jerry Rhome

    Fred Rogers....NO, but we did have Don and Shaun Rogers

    S.  Nick Saban;   NO....but he was a Browns asst. coach...and a relative of his  Lou Saban, did play for the Browns (he was also Bill coach)

      Fred Sanford;   No, no junk dealers.....but we did have Lucious and Brian Sanford...hopefully they were not junk dealers.

     Stan Sheriff;  Dick Shiner;   Yes, both of these were Browns players.

    T.  Zack Taylor;  No, no ex-President....

     Tanya Tucker....No, but we did have Travis Tucker.   (good name for CW singer)

    V.  Dick Vitale....No, but we did have a Dan Vitale.   (don't know if they were related)

    W.  Apollo Creed  aka  Carl Weathers;   NO....but, we did have Curtis Weathers.....who actually was Carl Weathers real life brother

       Bob White;  Thomas (Woodrow) Wilson;   Wil(bur) Wright.  Yes....we had players with all three of these names.  FYI,  President Woodrow Wilson's first name was Thomas...why he went by Woodrow...or why he would is beyond me.  And Willie   Wright is currently on the Browns roster.....though I doubt his full first name is Wilbur.  I don't even know if, say, William is his real first name.  He goes by Willie always.  Spent 2019 on Browns PS. 

    Lined out have been answered. 

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  • John Hughes.....Yes a Browns player.  But not to be confused with the Director of the likes of Ferris Beuhler, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire; Sixteen Candles etc

    And a National Lampoon staff writer and later writer and/or director of the National Lampoon Vacation series and Animal House among other comedy classics.

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
    The GipperT 1 Reply

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  • is this why the Browns are cursed

  • ATOMA ATOM

    is this why the Browns are cursed

    @atom said:

    is this why the Browns are cursed

    What the fuck does this have to do with this thread? 

  • mjp28M mjp28

    John Hughes.....Yes a Browns player.  But not to be confused with the Director of the likes of Ferris Beuhler, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire; Sixteen Candles etc

    And a National Lampoon staff writer and later writer and/or director of the National Lampoon Vacation series and Animal House among other comedy classics.

    @mjp28 said:

    John Hughes.....Yes a Browns player.  But not to be confused with the Director of the likes of Ferris Beuhler, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire; Sixteen Candles etc

    And a National Lampoon staff writer and later writer and/or director of the National Lampoon Vacation series and Animal House among other comedy classics.

    Nor was it my cousin, whose name is John Hughes. 

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