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  • 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. 

  • NOT  former Browns player performing:

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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

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    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. 

  • Clubber Lang played for the A Team, not the Browns Team.

    😂

  • Here is today's Trivia Question:      Name a Pro Football Hall of Famer that attended these "Small colleges".    Colleges by groupings.  Note....the HOFers may be players, coaches or other contributors:

    Ivy League Schools:

    Brown

    Columbia

    Dartmouth

    Harvard

    Penn

    Small Ohio Colleges:

    Dayton:

    John Carroll:

    Wittenberg:

    MAC  schools (current):  

    Akron

    Eastern Michigan

    Kent State

    Miami Oh.

    Toledo 

    Bonus Question:   Name the 4 schools that have had  10 PFHOFers play there.  (Hint....they are NOT small colleges)

    mjp28M gumby73G 2 Replies
  • The GipperT The Gipper

    Here is today's Trivia Question:      Name a Pro Football Hall of Famer that attended these "Small colleges".    Colleges by groupings.  Note....the HOFers may be players, coaches or other contributors:

    Ivy League Schools:

    Brown

    Columbia

    Dartmouth

    Harvard

    Penn

    Small Ohio Colleges:

    Dayton:

    John Carroll:

    Wittenberg:

    MAC  schools (current):  

    Akron

    Eastern Michigan

    Kent State

    Miami Oh.

    Toledo 

    Bonus Question:   Name the 4 schools that have had  10 PFHOFers play there.  (Hint....they are NOT small colleges)

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is today's Trivia Question:      Name a Pro Football Hall of Famer that attended these "Small colleges".    Colleges by groupings.  Note....the HOFers may be players, coaches or other contributors:

    John Carroll:. The late great Don Shula

    MAC  schools (current):  

    Akron. Jason Taylor

    Eastern Michigan. Tricky, an old coach George Allen ?

    Kent State.  Jack Lambert

    Miami Oh. Paul Brown

    Toledo . ?

    The bonus: Easy the old football factories ND, USC, MICH and The Ohio State University

    Bonus Question:   Name the 4 schools that have had  10 PFHOFers play there.  (Hint....they are NOT small colleges)

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

    @the-gipper said:

    Here is today's Trivia Question:      Name a Pro Football Hall of Famer that attended these "Small colleges".    Colleges by groupings.  Note....the HOFers may be players, coaches or other contributors:

    John Carroll:. The late great Don Shula

    MAC  schools (current):  

    Akron. Jason Taylor

    Eastern Michigan. Tricky, an old coach George Allen ?

    Kent State.  Jack Lambert

    Miami Oh. Paul Brown

    Toledo . ?

    The bonus: Easy the old football factories ND, USC, MICH and The Ohio State University

    Bonus Question:   Name the 4 schools that have had  10 PFHOFers play there.  (Hint....they are NOT small colleges)

    @mjp28 said:

    Easy the old football factories ND, USC, MICH and The Ohio State University

    Check on these

    John Carroll:. The late great Don Shula

    MAC  schools (current):  

    Akron. Jason Taylor

    Eastern Michigan. Tricky, an old coach George Allen ?

    Kent State.  Jack Lambert

    Miami Oh. Paul Brown

    And check on all these.   

    Didn't want to give the Ivy League a go?

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mjp28 said:

    Easy the old football factories ND, USC, MICH and The Ohio State University

    Check on these

    John Carroll:. The late great Don Shula

    MAC  schools (current):  

    Akron. Jason Taylor

    Eastern Michigan. Tricky, an old coach George Allen ?

    Kent State.  Jack Lambert

    Miami Oh. Paul Brown

    And check on all these.   

    Didn't want to give the Ivy League a go?

    @the-gipper said:

    Didn't want to give the Ivy League a go?

    I can think of some good Ivy League players but HOF, hmmmm probably older by definition I'll give it some thought.

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

    @the-gipper said:

    Didn't want to give the Ivy League a go?

    I can think of some good Ivy League players but HOF, hmmmm probably older by definition I'll give it some thought.

    @mjp28 said:

    I can think of some good Ivy League players but HOF, hmmmm probably older by definition I'll give it some thought.

    Yes, for most of the Ivy Leaguers you do have to go back a long way for the names. Except for maybe one....and I will give you  a hint: think of a coach. 

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @mjp28 said:

    I can think of some good Ivy League players but HOF, hmmmm probably older by definition I'll give it some thought.

    Yes, for most of the Ivy Leaguers you do have to go back a long way for the names. Except for maybe one....and I will give you  a hint: think of a coach. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Yes, for most of the Ivy Leaguers you do have to go back a long way for the names. Except for maybe one....and I will give you  a hint: think of a coach. 

    Old Ivy League coach maybe Marv Levy ?

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

    @the-gipper said:

    Yes, for most of the Ivy Leaguers you do have to go back a long way for the names. Except for maybe one....and I will give you  a hint: think of a coach. 

    Old Ivy League coach maybe Marv Levy ?

    @mjp28 said:

    Old Ivy League coach maybe Marv Levy ?

    Yes...but which school?

    mjp28M 1 Reply
  • The GipperT The Gipper

    Here is today's Trivia Question:      Name a Pro Football Hall of Famer that attended these "Small colleges".    Colleges by groupings.  Note....the HOFers may be players, coaches or other contributors:

    Ivy League Schools:

    Brown

    Columbia

    Dartmouth

    Harvard

    Penn

    Small Ohio Colleges:

    Dayton:

    John Carroll:

    Wittenberg:

    MAC  schools (current):  

    Akron

    Eastern Michigan

    Kent State

    Miami Oh.

    Toledo 

    Bonus Question:   Name the 4 schools that have had  10 PFHOFers play there.  (Hint....they are NOT small colleges)

    @the-gipper said:

    MAC  schools (current):  

    Toledo 

    man are you turning over some old dinosaur rocks ?...as a grad of T-town. I went back to a photo of a picture plaque before you would enter the TU weight room. 

    Safety- Emlen Tunnell*---of the football NY Giants---- 

    Tunnell broke his neck playing ball at TU..barely got accepted to fight in a world war...than Ronnie Lott banged bitches playing Safety..freaky stat numbers in picks & tackles... 

    Baa deebb!   that's all folks! 

    Browns & Buffett: Got to go fishin, Down to rock bottom again, with just a few Friends
    The GipperT 1 Reply
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