Cleveland Browns

    The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The AAFC was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949.

    The Cleveland Browns were the AAFC's most successful club, having won every annual championship in the league's four years of operation and when the league folded after the 1949 season they became the modern day Cleveland Browns of the NFL.

    Football Almanac is pleased present a comprehensive Cleveland Browns history which includes links to every Cleveland Browns roster in history (every roster has every player who appeared in a game so this means every Cleveland Browns player is just a click away as well), some Cleveland Browns franchise facts, Cleveland Browns regular season records, Cleveland Browns Hall of Famers and other Cleveland Browns historical facts.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: See Cleveland Browns team page for a comprehensive franchise history. This page ONLY contains data about the team while it was playing in the AAFC, and not during its franchise.

How did they become the Browns? The Cleveland All-America Football Conference franchise conducted a fan contest in 1945 to name the team. The most popular submission was “Browns” in recognition of the team's first coach and general manager Paul Brown, who was already a popular figure in Ohio sports. Brown at first vetoed the choice and the team selected from the contest entries the name “Panthers.” However, after an area businessman informed the team that he owned the rights to the name Cleveland Panthers, from an earlier failed football team, Brown rescinded his objection and agreed to the use of his name. - Pro Football Hall of Fame (Franchise nicknames, Source)

Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns (AAFC) History by Football Almanac

Year Established:

1946

         

Team Colors:

              

Home Town:

Cleveland, Ohio

         

Mascot:

CB, Chomps, TD & Trapper

Year League Conference Team Rosters Wins Losses Ties Coach(es)
1949 AAFC 1949 Cleveland Browns 9 1 2 Paul Brown
1948 AAFC Western 1948 Cleveland Browns 14 0 0 Paul Brown
1947 AAFC Western 1947 Cleveland Browns 12 1 1 Paul Brown
1946 AAFC Western 1946 Cleveland Browns 12 2 0 Paul Brown
Cleveland Browns History by Football Almanac


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