Mike Brown

[SunsetBengal]

(11-07-2017, 11:19 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Yep, I'm sure about that. Lombardi used it in Green Bay, but he was hired after Paul Brown was already in Cleveland.

A playbook and drawing in the sand isn't quite the same thing.

Hmm, pretty sure that Zuppke was around, coaching football before Paul Brown.  He is credited with inventing the forward pass..

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