<![CDATA[Draft Trivia]]> Here is today's Trivia Question:

Name all of the people who were drafted by the Cleveland Browns  who were later elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Hints:  A.  12 names.   (not including Joe Thomas...who will get there, but just not yet)   B. Be aware that they were not all associated with the Browns in their HOF careers

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/60735/draft-triviaRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 00:57:31 GMTMon, 22 Mar 2021 14:59:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Draft Trivia on Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:16:36 GMT]]> I'm still pissed Clay Mathews wasn't selected... The NFL ought to be ashamed of it's self...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/994767https://brownsboard.com/post/994767Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:16:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Draft Trivia on Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:32:31 GMT]]> Here is today's Trivia Question:

Name all of the people who were drafted by the Cleveland Browns  who were later elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Hints:  A.  12 names.   (not including Joe Thomas...who will get there, but just not yet)   B. Be aware that they were not all associated with the Browns in their HOF careers

Answers:

1951  Don Shula

1951 Art Donovan

1953  Doug Atkins

1956  Willie Davis

1957 Gene Hickerson

1957 Jim Brown

1957 Henry Jordan

1958  Bobby Mitchell

1959 Dick LeBeau

1964 Paul Warfield

1964  Leroy Kelly

1978  Ozzie Newsome

You could say that this has been a horrible record since 1964:     One HOF player drafted in  57 years?   And none in 43 years....though that will actually prove to be only  29 years  as Joe Thomas will make it, drafted in 2007.  But, also, as noted, the Browns got rid of some of these HOF players:  Donovan to Colts,  Atkins to Bears,  Davis and Jordan to Packers.   And Don Shula made it as a coach  for the Colts and Dolphins, not as a player for the Browns. 

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@canton-mike said:

Jim Brown, Bobby Mitchell, Leroy Kelly, Henry Jordan, Paul Warfield, Ozzie Newsome, Gene Hickerson.

I know Otto Graham, Marion Motley, & Lou Groza are in the HOF, but  "signed" by the old Browns before they entered the NFL, NOT drafted.

Mike

Check on the above names  (first line)...and you are right about the other names you mention

Still 5 names left....all of which, by the way fall into the category of  "made their career elsewhere". 

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@the-gipper said:

Here is today's Trivia Question:

Name all of the people who were drafted by the Cleveland Browns  who were later elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Hints:  A.  12 names.   (not including Joe Thomas...who will get there, but just not yet)   B. Be aware that they were not all associated with the Browns in their HOF careers

Jim Brown, Bobby Mitchell, Leroy Kelly, Henry Jordan, Paul Warfield, Ozzie Newsome, Gene Hickerson.

I know Otto Graham, Marion Motley, & Lou Groza are in the HOF, but  "signed" by the old Browns before they entered the NFL, NOT drafted.

Mike

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