~ AND ~ ? only 204 days and now 92 ? 57 ? 32 ? 19 ? YES really ! And still counting... ? ....?
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We are barely 24 hours from the kickoff to the Browns preseason, and only Tashaun Gipson days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns regular season. Gipson was an undrafted free agent picked up by the Browns out of Wyoming in 2012, and he's still playing! Gipson played with the Browns for four seasons (2012-15), being named to the Pro Bowl in 2014. After the Browns, the safety played for Jacksonville, Houston, Chicago and currently with San Francisco. He has 32 career interceptions, and 3 defensive touchdowns.
We are barely 24 hours from the kickoff to the Browns preseason, and only Tashaun Gipson days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns regular season. Gipson was an undrafted free agent picked up by the Browns out of Wyoming in 2012, and he's still playing! Gipson played with the Browns for four seasons (2012-15), being named to the Pro Bowl in 2014. After the Browns, the safety played for Jacksonville, Houston, Chicago and currently with San Francisco. He has 32 career interceptions, and 3 defensive touchdowns.
From an UFA to some pretty good numbers ..... not bad at all. I'll take that.
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We are barely 24 hours from the kickoff to the Browns preseason, and only Tashaun Gipson days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns regular season. Gipson was an undrafted free agent picked up by the Browns out of Wyoming in 2012, and he's still playing! Gipson played with the Browns for four seasons (2012-15), being named to the Pro Bowl in 2014. After the Browns, the safety played for Jacksonville, Houston, Chicago and currently with San Francisco. He has 32 career interceptions, and 3 defensive touchdowns.
From an UFA to some pretty good numbers ..... not bad at all. I'll take that.
From an UFA to some pretty good numbers ..... not bad at all. I'll take that.
The next few days are a little on the light side of "Browns greats", but you'll have that. It will pick up this weekend
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The next few days are a little on the light side of "Browns greats", but you'll have that. It will pick up this weekend
That's TRUE ...... then it should pick up a lot in the mid to lower #30's I think we all can count on that BIG time including a GOAT or two.
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We are barely 24 hours from the kickoff to the Browns preseason, and only Tashaun Gipson days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns regular season. Gipson was an undrafted free agent picked up by the Browns out of Wyoming in 2012, and he's still playing! Gipson played with the Browns for four seasons (2012-15), being named to the Pro Bowl in 2014. After the Browns, the safety played for Jacksonville, Houston, Chicago and currently with San Francisco. He has 32 career interceptions, and 3 defensive touchdowns.
We are barely 24 hours from the kickoff to the Browns preseason, and only Tashaun Gipson days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns regular season. Gipson was an undrafted free agent picked up by the Browns out of Wyoming in 2012, and he's still playing! Gipson played with the Browns for four seasons (2012-15), being named to the Pro Bowl in 2014. After the Browns, the safety played for Jacksonville, Houston, Chicago and currently with San Francisco. He has 32 career interceptions, and 3 defensive touchdowns.
Looking at his career volume of INTs and TDs - can you imagine how many he had in practice against some of the names on that QB T-shirt? He had to be thinking "Here Comes Santa Claus" all practice. This place should have been the recruiting capital for Undrafted FA DBs looking to make a team. Gipson knew what he was doing coming here.
Meanwhile, I can't help but thinking ahead to the number on my avatar. @syd shared a 23 minute highlight video of him from 1973 to 1976 in a thread earlier this year. Ever since, and I mean this in a good way, I put Sydsies in the Cleveland Browns football junkie category. That's only 1 one of the gems we had that wore #34 though...
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We are barely 24 hours from the kickoff to the Browns preseason, and only Tashaun Gipson days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns regular season. Gipson was an undrafted free agent picked up by the Browns out of Wyoming in 2012, and he's still playing! Gipson played with the Browns for four seasons (2012-15), being named to the Pro Bowl in 2014. After the Browns, the safety played for Jacksonville, Houston, Chicago and currently with San Francisco. He has 32 career interceptions, and 3 defensive touchdowns.
Looking at his career volume of INTs and TDs - can you imagine how many he had in practice against some of the names on that QB T-shirt? He had to be thinking "Here Comes Santa Claus" all practice. This place should have been the recruiting capital for Undrafted FA DBs looking to make a team. Gipson knew what he was doing coming here.
Meanwhile, I can't help but thinking ahead to the number on my avatar. @syd shared a 23 minute highlight video of him from 1973 to 1976 in a thread earlier this year. Ever since, and I mean this in a good way, I put Sydsies in the Cleveland Browns football junkie category. That's only 1 one of the gems we had that wore #34 though...
Looking at his career volume of INTs and TDs - can you imagine how many he had in practice against some of the names on that QB T-shirt? He had to be thinking "Here Comes Santa Claus" all practice. This place should have been the recruiting capital for Undrafted FA DBs looking to make a team. Gipson knew what he was doing coming here.
Meanwhile, I can't help but thinking ahead to the number on my avatar. @syd shared a 23 minute highlight video of him from 1973 to 1976 in a thread earlier this year. Ever since, and I mean this in a good way, I put Sydsies in the Cleveland Browns football junkie category. That's only 1 one of the gems we had that wore #34 though...
32 mins to kickoff and unfortunately there will not be a #34 on the field tonight for The Browns
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Less than 30 minutes from the start of the 2023 Browns season, and Antonio Langham days until the Browns and Bengals kickoff the regular season. Langham was an All-American cornerback at Alabama, in fact, he still holds the record for most career interceptions for the Crimson Tide with 19. The Browns selected the corner in the first round (#9 overall) and he was a solid player for the team for his first two seasons. Then Modell moved the team, and Langham moved with them to Baltimore, playing there for two more seasons. Eventually the Browns would select Langham in the 1999 expansion draft, and he would be one of two players (OTackle Orlando Brown being the other) who would play for the original Browns AND the expansion Browns.
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With the first preseason game under our belts, we're rounding third and heading home on our march towards the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season, as we are only Anthony Henry days left! Henry was a 2001 fourth round pick out of South Florida, and the cornerback hit the ground running his rookie season, grabbing 10 interceptions on the year, including four in one game vs Detroit (I was there!). After the 2004 season, Henry would leave in free agency and go to Dallas for another four seasons, before ending his career in Detroit after the 2009 season.
I posted this photo to remind all of you how ugly the Butch Davis era orange jerseys were. Oof.
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With the first preseason game under our belts, we're rounding third and heading home on our march towards the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season, as we are only Anthony Henry days left! Henry was a 2001 fourth round pick out of South Florida, and the cornerback hit the ground running his rookie season, grabbing 10 interceptions on the year, including four in one game vs Detroit (I was there!). After the 2004 season, Henry would leave in free agency and go to Dallas for another four seasons, before ending his career in Detroit after the 2009 season.
I posted this photo to remind all of you how ugly the Butch Davis era orange jerseys were. Oof.With the first preseason game under our belts, we're rounding third and heading home on our march towards the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season, as we are only Anthony Henry days left! Henry was a 2001 fourth round pick out of South Florida, and the cornerback hit the ground running his rookie season, grabbing 10 interceptions on the year, including four in one game vs Detroit (I was there!). After the 2004 season, Henry would leave in free agency and go to Dallas for another four seasons, before ending his career in Detroit after the 2009 season.
I posted this photo to remind all of you how ugly the Butch Davis era orange jerseys were. Oof.
Oh YES .... well we are trying to look for the great .... well maybe good, ok ? Yes looking for the "ok-est" numbers in this very small dip in our Cleveland BROWNS jersey countdown to the beginning of the 2023 football season.
And some real good, no greatest are not far off.
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Happy weekend to most of you, as we've now arrived at Marion Motley days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Motley was born in Georgia, but he and his family moved to Canton when he was 3 years old. He starred at Canton McKinley, where the Bulldogs went 25-3 during his time there. The three losses? All to rival Massillon Washington High School, coached by one Paul Brown. Motley then went to historically black college South Carolina State, before transferring to the University of Nevada. ★ During WWII he would leave Nevada and play football at the Great Lakes Training Center, coached by Paul Brown. Brown would recruit Motley to pair up with Bill Willis to be two of the four black players to break the color barrier in 1946 (the other two being Kenny Washington and Woody Strode of the LA Rams).
Motley would play fullback and linebacker for the Browns from 1946-1953. The Browns would go to the Championship game in every year he played for them, winning titles from 1946-1950, and losing three tough games in 1951-1953. He ran for 4720 yards for a staggering 5.7 average and 31 touchdowns. He came back in 1955 to play one more year for the Pittsburgh Steelers at linebacker before retiring for good. He would be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
Otto Graham believed that Marion Motley was the superior fullback to Jim Brown. Motley was a running, receiving and blocking monster.
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Happy weekend to most of you, as we've now arrived at Marion Motley days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Motley was born in Georgia, but he and his family moved to Canton when he was 3 years old. He starred at Canton McKinley, where the Bulldogs went 25-3 during his time there. The three losses? All to rival Massillon Washington High School, coached by one Paul Brown. Motley then went to historically black college South Carolina State, before transferring to the University of Nevada. ★ During WWII he would leave Nevada and play football at the Great Lakes Training Center, coached by Paul Brown. Brown would recruit Motley to pair up with Bill Willis to be two of the four black players to break the color barrier in 1946 (the other two being Kenny Washington and Woody Strode of the LA Rams).
Motley would play fullback and linebacker for the Browns from 1946-1953. The Browns would go to the Championship game in every year he played for them, winning titles from 1946-1950, and losing three tough games in 1951-1953. He ran for 4720 yards for a staggering 5.7 average and 31 touchdowns. He came back in 1955 to play one more year for the Pittsburgh Steelers at linebacker before retiring for good. He would be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
Otto Graham believed that Marion Motley was the superior fullback to Jim Brown. Motley was a running, receiving and blocking monster.
Happy weekend to most of you, as we've now arrived at Marion Motley days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Motley was born in Georgia, but he and his family moved to Canton when he was 3 years old. He starred at Canton McKinley, where the Bulldogs went 25-3 during his time there. The three losses? All to rival Massillon Washington High School, coached by one Paul Brown. Motley then went to historically black college South Carolina State, before transferring to the University of Nevada. ★ During WWII he would leave Nevada and play football at the Great Lakes Training Center, coached by Paul Brown. Brown would recruit Motley to pair up with Bill Willis to be two of the four black players to break the color barrier in 1946 (the other two being Kenny Washington and Woody Strode of the LA Rams).
Motley would play fullback and linebacker for the Browns from 1946-1953. The Browns would go to the Championship game in every year he played for them, winning titles from 1946-1950, and losing three tough games in 1951-1953. He ran for 4720 yards for a staggering 5.7 average and 31 touchdowns. He came back in 1955 to play one more year for the Pittsburgh Steelers at linebacker before retiring for good. He would be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
★ Otto Graham believed that Marion Motley was the superior fullback to Jim Brown. Motley was a running, receiving and blocking monster.
★ OH yes #36 (or #76, take your pick) Marion Motley an absolute bulldozer with the ball in his right arm -or- as a blocker protecting anyone else. I can see why Mr Otto Graham was correct Marion Motley might have been the GOAT there as the greatest ever runner/blocker even better than the GOAT Jim Brown.
And they were both Cleveland BROWNS. Another thing anytime I see or hear of the Great Lakes Training Center in association with coach Paul Brown whether it's football or baseball during WWII I remember ....... These were the guys that kept the NFL going and beyond into the 1950s and its meteoric rise to today.
I remember it from my dad's run through his Great Lakes and WWII experiences whether it's Paul Brown or Bob Feller they were the absolute best and represented Cleveland well. A little more about the Great Lakes Training Center and WWII and sports for you. ..... then back to #35 on our countdown to September.
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★ The best team in baseball in 1942 didn’t get to play in the World Series. That’s because the players had other jobs to do that were more important.
*(Sorry if I'm going on with this but it is a favorite topic for me .... the history of sports.)
But the real stockpile of talent for the Navy team was on the pitching staff. Former Detroit star Schoolboy Rowe served as a coach as well as a pitcher. Then there were big-time major league stars Johnny VanderMeer, George McQuillan, Virgil Trucks, Johnny Schmitz, and Walt Masterson.
The Blue Jackets also boasted the greatest pitcher in the world, albeit briefly. Before he was shipped out to sea, Bob Feller showed off his blazing fastball in a Great Lakes uniform.
* In 1942 the Great Lakes team posted a 52-10-1 record in games against college programs, minor league teams, other service teams, and even major league clubs.
During the second World War, the Naval Station at Great Lakes, Illinois on the north side of Chicago was home to some of the greatest ballplayers on the planet. These were major leaguers who had stepped away from their big league jobs to serve their country. Their leader for three years was Mickey Cochrane, the former star catcher and manager of the Detroit Tigers, a man whom the secretary of the Navy had tapped for a special job......
......Great Lakes was opened in 1911 after initially being funded by Theodore Roosevelt several years earlier. Sailors were trained there during World War I and in the intervening years leading up to WWII. But the station was actually closed during the Great Depression briefly before it was rescued by Illinois congressmen. It was during World War II that it became a city unto itself. At its peak there were more than 100,000 sailors on the site during World War II. Great Lakes was the largest military training station in the world at that time. Spread over 160 acres at its peak, there were thousands of barracks, classrooms, and training fields, as well as more than 90 swimming pools and their own fire department and water works department. |---> continued at GLTC -->
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Happy weekend to most of you, as we've now arrived at Marion Motley days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Motley was born in Georgia, but he and his family moved to Canton when he was 3 years old. He starred at Canton McKinley, where the Bulldogs went 25-3 during his time there. The three losses? All to rival Massillon Washington High School, coached by one Paul Brown. Motley then went to historically black college South Carolina State, before transferring to the University of Nevada. ★ During WWII he would leave Nevada and play football at the Great Lakes Training Center, coached by Paul Brown. Brown would recruit Motley to pair up with Bill Willis to be two of the four black players to break the color barrier in 1946 (the other two being Kenny Washington and Woody Strode of the LA Rams).
Motley would play fullback and linebacker for the Browns from 1946-1953. The Browns would go to the Championship game in every year he played for them, winning titles from 1946-1950, and losing three tough games in 1951-1953. He ran for 4720 yards for a staggering 5.7 average and 31 touchdowns. He came back in 1955 to play one more year for the Pittsburgh Steelers at linebacker before retiring for good. He would be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
Otto Graham believed that Marion Motley was the superior fullback to Jim Brown. Motley was a running, receiving and blocking monster.
Happy weekend to most of you, as we've now arrived at Marion Motley days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. Motley was born in Georgia, but he and his family moved to Canton when he was 3 years old. He starred at Canton McKinley, where the Bulldogs went 25-3 during his time there. The three losses? All to rival Massillon Washington High School, coached by one Paul Brown. Motley then went to historically black college South Carolina State, before transferring to the University of Nevada. ★ During WWII he would leave Nevada and play football at the Great Lakes Training Center, coached by Paul Brown. Brown would recruit Motley to pair up with Bill Willis to be two of the four black players to break the color barrier in 1946 (the other two being Kenny Washington and Woody Strode of the LA Rams).
Motley would play fullback and linebacker for the Browns from 1946-1953. The Browns would go to the Championship game in every year he played for them, winning titles from 1946-1950, and losing three tough games in 1951-1953. He ran for 4720 yards for a staggering 5.7 average and 31 touchdowns. He came back in 1955 to play one more year for the Pittsburgh Steelers at linebacker before retiring for good. He would be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
Otto Graham believed that Marion Motley was the superior fullback to Jim Brown. Motley was a running, receiving and blocking monster.
When we really think about it - a Fullback is what it says it is. A back that does the full work load of blocking, running and receiving (ie; Larry Csonka). I always refer to Jim Brown as a RB while often specifying he was a power runner that could also catch the ball when needed. That said, he could also jet and outrun people when that was warranted. Nobody ever seems to remember seeing him throw a block; which is probably why he remained healthy enough to never miss a game. What I don't want people to start doing some day (and I know it'll happen) is people will start saying "yeah Jim Brown was the best FB but this guy is the best RB." They've already era snobbed Otto Graham - a guy that led his to the Championship Game every single year of his Pro Football career. He won 7 of the 10 Championships and 6 of 10 were in the NFL where he won 3 of the 6. That was after the NFL couldn't wait to see how Cleveland handled the alleged REAL COMPETITION. How could we sum up going to the Championship Title Game every season in the 1st 6 years they participated in that league? I'd say they aced it! ?
My dad loved to tell me and my brother about Otto Graham and Marion Motley so this was a fun post to read above.
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May I interrupt your observance of an invisible guy in the sky to inform you that we are now Jerome Harrison days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season? Now, there might have been a few Browns players who had longer, more overall productive years with the Browns who wore #35 than Harrison, but for one day, well..... damn.
Harrison was a 5th round Browns pick of the 2006 Draft that also brought Lawrence Vickers, and he was a backup for his first three seasons (450 yards rushing combined) but would take over as starter after the departure of Jamal Lewis, and would go bonkers down the stretch of the 2009 season. On the road vs the Kansas City Chiefs, he would erupt for team record 286 yards rushing, and three touchdowns, obliterating Jim Browns game record.
During the following season, the Browns would trade the 5'9, 205lb RB to Philadelphia. In 2011, while with Detroit, the Lions attempted to trade him back to the Eagles and Harrison would fail the physical because a brain tumor was found. The tumor was benign, but complications from the surgery would end Harrison's career. He would rush for 1681 yards for an impressive 4.7 per carry average.
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May I interrupt your observance of an invisible guy in the sky to inform you that we are now Jerome Harrison days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season? Now, there might have been a few Browns players who had longer, more overall productive years with the Browns who wore #35 than Harrison, but for one day, well..... damn.
Harrison was a 5th round Browns pick of the 2006 Draft that also brought Lawrence Vickers, and he was a backup for his first three seasons (450 yards rushing combined) but would take over as starter after the departure of Jamal Lewis, and would go bonkers down the stretch of the 2009 season. On the road vs the Kansas City Chiefs, he would erupt for team record 286 yards rushing, and three touchdowns, obliterating Jim Browns game record.
During the following season, the Browns would trade the 5'9, 205lb RB to Philadelphia. In 2011, while with Detroit, the Lions attempted to trade him back to the Eagles and Harrison would fail the physical because a brain tumor was found. The tumor was benign, but complications from the surgery would end Harrison's career. He would rush for 1681 yards for an impressive 4.7 per carry average.
May I interrupt your observance of an invisible guy in the sky to inform you that we are now Jerome Harrison days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season? Now, there might have been a few Browns players who had longer, more overall productive years with the Browns who wore #35 than Harrison, but for one day, well..... damn.
Harrison was a 5th round Browns pick of the 2006 Draft that also brought Lawrence Vickers, and he was a backup for his first three seasons (450 yards rushing combined) but would take over as starter after the departure of Jamal Lewis, and would go bonkers down the stretch of the 2009 season. On the road vs the Kansas City Chiefs, he would erupt for team record 286 yards rushing, and three touchdowns, obliterating Jim Browns game record.
During the following season, the Browns would trade the 5'9, 205lb RB to Philadelphia. In 2011, while with Detroit, the Lions attempted to trade him back to the Eagles and Harrison would fail the physical because a brain tumor was found. The tumor was benign, but complications from the surgery would end Harrison's career. He would rush for 1681 yards for an impressive 4.7 per carry average.
~ And I might add two Honorable Mentions on the #35 jersey countdown list ..... Galen Fiss and Bo Scott.
▪︎ Galen Fiss #35. RILB/ILB is from my era 1956-1966 with 139 games. 6-0, 227lb. Not flashy just dependable. Right up and through the 1964 Championship Team, he did his part.
(1931 -2006.) College: Kansas Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 13th round (156th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.
▪︎. Bo Scott #35 FB/RB from 1969 - 2006 with 73 games Rushing & Rec 666 touches 2950 yards. And two pro bowls. That is all a FB /REC / Blocker too.
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May I interrupt your observance of an invisible guy in the sky to inform you that we are now Jerome Harrison days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season? Now, there might have been a few Browns players who had longer, more overall productive years with the Browns who wore #35 than Harrison, but for one day, well..... damn.
Harrison was a 5th round Browns pick of the 2006 Draft that also brought Lawrence Vickers, and he was a backup for his first three seasons (450 yards rushing combined) but would take over as starter after the departure of Jamal Lewis, and would go bonkers down the stretch of the 2009 season. On the road vs the Kansas City Chiefs, he would erupt for team record 286 yards rushing, and three touchdowns, obliterating Jim Browns game record.
During the following season, the Browns would trade the 5'9, 205lb RB to Philadelphia. In 2011, while with Detroit, the Lions attempted to trade him back to the Eagles and Harrison would fail the physical because a brain tumor was found. The tumor was benign, but complications from the surgery would end Harrison's career. He would rush for 1681 yards for an impressive 4.7 per carry average.
~ And I might add two Honorable Mentions on the #35 jersey countdown list ..... Galen Fiss and Bo Scott.
▪︎ Galen Fiss #35. RILB/ILB is from my era 1956-1966 with 139 games. 6-0, 227lb. Not flashy just dependable. Right up and through the 1964 Championship Team, he did his part.
(1931 -2006.) College: Kansas Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 13th round (156th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.
▪︎. Bo Scott #35 FB/RB from 1969 - 2006 with 73 games Rushing & Rec 666 touches 2950 yards. And two pro bowls. That is all a FB /REC / Blocker too.
~ And I might add two Honorable Mentions on the #35 jersey countdown list ..... Galen Fiss and Bo Scott.
▪︎ Galen Fiss #35. RILB/ILB is from my era 1956-1966 with 139 games. 6-0, 227lb. Not flashy just dependable. Right up and through the 1964 Championship Team, he did his part.
(1931 -2006.) College: Kansas Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 13th round (156th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.
▪︎. Bo Scott #35 FB/RB from 1969 - 2006 with 73 games Rushing & Rec 666 touches 2950 yards. And two pro bowls. That is all a FB /REC / Blocker too.
Calvin Hill wasn't bad either as a 3rd down receiver out of the backfield for about 3 or 4 years or so. I've heard about Fiss; but I had the pleasure of watching Bo Scott play. He did it all. I mostly remember him as a FB.
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Not even a long night at a concert yesterday, and the sleepiness that is the result can keep me from informing you fine folks that today it is Greg "Tear Away Jersey" Pruitt days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. The Browns drafted the small buy dynamic running back out of Oklahoma in the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft, after he had finished third in Heisman voting in 1971 and second in 1972. Pruitt was a rushing, receiving and at the beginning and end of his career, returning dynamo, and would play for the Browns for nine seasons. He lead the orange and brown in rushing five of those years, three times rushing for over 1000 yards, and was a four time Pro Bowler. He finished his career playing with the Raiders for three more seasons, one another Pro Bowl appearance, and helped them win Super Bowl XVIII. For his career, Pruitt rushed for 5672 yards (4.7 avg) and 27 touchdowns, caught 328 balls for 3069 yards and another 18 touchdowns, and had a combined 4521 yards in kickoff and punt returns, with two touchdowns.
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Not even a long night at a concert yesterday, and the sleepiness that is the result can keep me from informing you fine folks that today it is Greg "Tear Away Jersey" Pruitt days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. The Browns drafted the small buy dynamic running back out of Oklahoma in the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft, after he had finished third in Heisman voting in 1971 and second in 1972. Pruitt was a rushing, receiving and at the beginning and end of his career, returning dynamo, and would play for the Browns for nine seasons. He lead the orange and brown in rushing five of those years, three times rushing for over 1000 yards, and was a four time Pro Bowler. He finished his career playing with the Raiders for three more seasons, one another Pro Bowl appearance, and helped them win Super Bowl XVIII. For his career, Pruitt rushed for 5672 yards (4.7 avg) and 27 touchdowns, caught 328 balls for 3069 yards and another 18 touchdowns, and had a combined 4521 yards in kickoff and punt returns, with two touchdowns.
Not even a long night at a concert yesterday, and the sleepiness that is the result can keep me from informing you fine folks that today it is Greg "Tear Away Jersey" Pruitt days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. The Browns drafted the small buy dynamic running back out of Oklahoma in the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft, after he had finished third in Heisman voting in 1971 and second in 1972. Pruitt was a rushing, receiving and at the beginning and end of his career, returning dynamo, and would play for the Browns for nine seasons. He lead the orange and brown in rushing five of those years, three times rushing for over 1000 yards, and was a four time Pro Bowler. He finished his career playing with the Raiders for three more seasons, one another Pro Bowl appearance, and helped them win Super Bowl XVIII. For his career, Pruitt rushed for 5672 yards (4.7 avg) and 27 touchdowns, caught 328 balls for 3069 yards and another 18 touchdowns, and had a combined 4521 yards in kickoff and punt returns, with two touchdowns.
Awesome write-up. Thanks Dutch! Attached is a 22 minute video of him during his 1st 3 years of his career in 1973-76. It will look like you can't view it but just click on the link where it says watch on youtube and it'll still play. I have an old football card of the AFC and NFC Pro Bowl Return Specialists. The guy for the NFC was Terry Metcalf (Eric's dad) & Greg Pruitt was the AFC Pro Bowl Return man. As soon as Leroy Kelly retired Pruitt transitioned from STs return guy to RB just a couple years before he became Flugel's avatar.
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Not even a long night at a concert yesterday, and the sleepiness that is the result can keep me from informing you fine folks that today it is Greg "Tear Away Jersey" Pruitt days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. The Browns drafted the small buy dynamic running back out of Oklahoma in the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft, after he had finished third in Heisman voting in 1971 and second in 1972. Pruitt was a rushing, receiving and at the beginning and end of his career, returning dynamo, and would play for the Browns for nine seasons. He lead the orange and brown in rushing five of those years, three times rushing for over 1000 yards, and was a four time Pro Bowler. He finished his career playing with the Raiders for three more seasons, one another Pro Bowl appearance, and helped them win Super Bowl XVIII. For his career, Pruitt rushed for 5672 yards (4.7 avg) and 27 touchdowns, caught 328 balls for 3069 yards and another 18 touchdowns, and had a combined 4521 yards in kickoff and punt returns, with two touchdowns.
Not even a long night at a concert yesterday, and the sleepiness that is the result can keep me from informing you fine folks that today it is Greg "Tear Away Jersey" Pruitt days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. The Browns drafted the small buy dynamic running back out of Oklahoma in the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft, after he had finished third in Heisman voting in 1971 and second in 1972. Pruitt was a rushing, receiving and at the beginning and end of his career, returning dynamo, and would play for the Browns for nine seasons. He lead the orange and brown in rushing five of those years, three times rushing for over 1000 yards, and was a four time Pro Bowler. He finished his career playing with the Raiders for three more seasons, one another Pro Bowl appearance, and helped them win Super Bowl XVIII. For his career, Pruitt rushed for 5672 yards (4.7 avg) and 27 touchdowns, caught 328 balls for 3069 yards and another 18 touchdowns, and had a combined 4521 yards in kickoff and punt returns, with two touchdowns.
Well the #34 Greg Pruitt a definite solid pick on all counts good body of stats a good teammate he earned it.
I have a few Honorable Mentions who also wore the #34 one was kind of a fan favorite who shared a record with only six other groups of players in NFL history and the other was a relative unknown in BROWNS history ....... yeah you guessed it a defensive player. They are #34 RB Kevin Mack and DB Mike Howell ok how many of you got #1 but passed on #2 ? OK we will look at #2 first.
Mike Howell #34 102 games (1965-1972) 27 INTs steady and dependable but no Greg or any other Pruitt in Cleveland.
Kevin Mack #34 99 games (1985*-1993) and one of only six pairs of running backs in NFL history to run for 1,000 yards in the same backfields. And they are :
1,000-yard Duos:
- 1972 Dolphins - Csonka and Morris
- 1976 Steelers - Harris and Bleier
- 1985 Browns - Mack and Byner. <-- our guys
- 2006 Falcons - Dunn and Vick
- 2008 Giants - Jacobs and Ward
- 2009 Panthers - Williams and Stewart
And Kevin Mack #34 also went on to put up some decent numbers in his 9 years in Cleveland, his only NFL team. RRTDs 54. But he might be remembered for at 6' 0" 244 lbs he had the BIGGEST MAMMOTH shoulder pads on the field.
His 9 years as a RB took a toll on his body too ..... that's probably why it was 9 exciting "Kosar Years" and gone. But some great memories ......
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Not even a long night at a concert yesterday, and the sleepiness that is the result can keep me from informing you fine folks that today it is Greg "Tear Away Jersey" Pruitt days until the start of the 2023 Cleveland Browns season. The Browns drafted the small buy dynamic running back out of Oklahoma in the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft, after he had finished third in Heisman voting in 1971 and second in 1972. Pruitt was a rushing, receiving and at the beginning and end of his career, returning dynamo, and would play for the Browns for nine seasons. He lead the orange and brown in rushing five of those years, three times rushing for over 1000 yards, and was a four time Pro Bowler. He finished his career playing with the Raiders for three more seasons, one another Pro Bowl appearance, and helped them win Super Bowl XVIII. For his career, Pruitt rushed for 5672 yards (4.7 avg) and 27 touchdowns, caught 328 balls for 3069 yards and another 18 touchdowns, and had a combined 4521 yards in kickoff and punt returns, with two touchdowns.
Well the #34 Greg Pruitt a definite solid pick on all counts good body of stats a good teammate he earned it.
I have a few Honorable Mentions who also wore the #34 one was kind of a fan favorite who shared a record with only six other groups of players in NFL history and the other was a relative unknown in BROWNS history ....... yeah you guessed it a defensive player. They are #34 RB Kevin Mack and DB Mike Howell ok how many of you got #1 but passed on #2 ? OK we will look at #2 first.
Mike Howell #34 102 games (1965-1972) 27 INTs steady and dependable but no Greg or any other Pruitt in Cleveland.
Kevin Mack #34 99 games (1985*-1993) and one of only six pairs of running backs in NFL history to run for 1,000 yards in the same backfields. And they are :
1,000-yard Duos:
- 1972 Dolphins - Csonka and Morris
- 1976 Steelers - Harris and Bleier
- 1985 Browns - Mack and Byner. <-- our guys
- 2006 Falcons - Dunn and Vick
- 2008 Giants - Jacobs and Ward
- 2009 Panthers - Williams and Stewart
And Kevin Mack #34 also went on to put up some decent numbers in his 9 years in Cleveland, his only NFL team. RRTDs 54. But he might be remembered for at 6' 0" 244 lbs he had the BIGGEST MAMMOTH shoulder pads on the field.
His 9 years as a RB took a toll on his body too ..... that's probably why it was 9 exciting "Kosar Years" and gone. But some great memories ......
Well the #34 Greg Pruitt a definite solid pick on all counts good body of stats a good teammate he earned it.
I have a few Honorable Mentions who also wore the #34 one was kind of a fan favorite who shared a record with only six other groups of players in NFL history and the other was a relative unknown in BROWNS history ....... yeah you guessed it a defensive player. They are #34 RB Kevin Mack and DB Mike Howell ok how many of you got #1 but passed on #2 ? OK we will look at #2 first.
Mike Howell #34 102 games (1965-1972) 27 INTs steady and dependable but no Greg or any other Pruitt in Cleveland.
Kevin Mack #34 99 games (1985*-1993) and one of only six pairs of running backs in NFL history to run for 1,000 yards in the same backfields .
Hopefully Jerome Ford will keep up the little tradition going here with guys doing it proud. I posted something a while back that 34 would be a good jersey to buy because of Pruitt and Mack. Here's 1 final secret to Greg Pruitt's success (his strength). Here he is in the Superstars Competition putting an impressive amount of weight over his head for a RB that weighed about 185-190lbs.
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No love for this #34?
No love for this #34?
Lot's of love ? for that little #34 ? even with that dinky little picture.
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