1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 12, 1946.
2. Andy Piascik, The Best Show in Football: The Cleveland Browns 1946–1955 (Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade, 2007).
3. Paul Brown with Jack Clary, PB: The Paul Brown Story (New York: Atheneum, 1979), p. 182.
4. Piascik, p. 79.
5. Brown, p. 183.
6. Ibid.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 27, 1948.
2. Ibid.
3. Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 29, 1948.
4. Cleveland Press, August 3, 1948.
5. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 5, 1948.
6. Ibid.
7. Cleveland Press, August 5, 1948.
8. Ibid.
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 8, 1948.
10. Ibid.
11. Cleveland News, August 7, 1948.
12. Ibid.
13. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 9, 1948.
14. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 12, 1948.
15. Ibid.
16. Cleveland Press, August 19, 1948.
17. Ibid.
18. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 18, 1948.
19. Cleveland Press, August 18, 1948.
20. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 19, 1948.
21. Ibid.
22. Brown, p. 183.
23. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 19, 1948.
24. Ibid.
25. Cleveland Press, August 17, 1948.
26. Cleveland News, August 23, 1948.
27. Ibid.
28. Cleveland News, August 25, 1948.
29. Cleveland Press, August 23, 1948.
30. Ibid.
31. Cleveland Press, August 27, 1948.
32. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 23, 1948.
33. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 27, 1948.
34. Cleveland Press, August 28, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 30, 1948.
2. Ibid.
3. Cleveland News, September 5, 1948.
4. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 30, 1948.
5. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 31, 1948.
6. Cleveland Press, August 31, 1948.
7. Cleveland Press, September 3, 1948.
8. Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 31, 1948.
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 1, 1948.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Cleveland Press, September 4, 1948.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Cleveland News, September 4, 1948.
17. Cleveland Press, September 4, 1948.
18. Ibid.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 5, 1948.
2. Ibid.
3. Cleveland Press, September 10, 1948.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Cleveland Press, September 8, 1948.
8. Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 12, 1948.
9. Ibid.
10. Cleveland News, September 15, 1948.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 16, 1948.
2. Cleveland Press, September 17, 1948.
3. Cleveland News, September 16, 1948.
4. Cleveland News, September 17, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 21, 1948.
2. Cleveland Press, September 21, 1948.
3. Ibid.
4. Cleveland News, September 25, 1948.
5. Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 21, 1948.
6. Cleveland Press, October 16, 1948.
7. Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 21, 1948.
8. Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 24, 1948.
9. Cleveland News, September 27, 1948.
10. Ibid.
11. Brown, p. 190.
1. Cleveland Press, September 29, 1948.
2. Ibid.
3. Cleveland Press, September 30, 1948.
4. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 1, 1948.
5. Ibid.
6. Cleveland Press, October 5, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 7, 1948.
2. Cleveland News, October 8, 1948.
3. Cleveland Press, October 11, 1948.
4. Cleveland News, October 11, 1948.
5. Ibid.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 14, 1948.
2. Cleveland Press, October 13, 1948.
3. United Press, October 13, 1948.
4. Cleveland Press, October 12, 1948.
5. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 15, 1948.
6. Cleveland Press, October 16, 1948.
7. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 16, 1948.
8. Cleveland Press, October 15, 1948.
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 18, 1948.
10. Cleveland News, October 18, 1948.
11. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 18, 1948.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
1. Cleveland Press, October 18, 1948.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 22, 1948.
5. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 24, 1948.
6. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 20, 1948.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 21, 1948.
10. Ibid.
11. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 24, 1948.
12. Associated Press, October 23, 1948.
13. Cleveland Press, October 22, 1948.
14. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 22, 1948.
15. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 25, 1948.
16. Ibid.
17. Cleveland News, October 25, 1948.
1. Piascik, p. 76.
2. Brown, p. 189.
3. Ibid.
4. Associated Press, October 26, 1948.
5. Ibid.
6. Cleveland Press, October 23, 1948.
7. United Press, October 23, 1948.
8. Cleveland Press, October 23, 1948.
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 28, 1948.
10. Associated Press, October 28, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 2, 1948.
2. Associated Press, November 2, 1948.
3. Cleveland Press, November 2, 1948.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 4, 1948.
7. Cleveland Press, August 12, 1948.
8. Ibid.
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 4, 1948.
10. Cleveland Press, November 3, 1948.
11. Ibid.
12. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 7, 1948.
13. Cleveland News, November 8, 1948.
14. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 9, 1948.
15. Cleveland News, November 8, 1948.
16. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 8, 1948.
17. Cleveland Press, November 8, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 9, 1948.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 10, 1948.
5. Ibid.
6. Cleveland Press, November 9, 1948.
7. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 12, 1948.
8. Cleveland Press, November 12, 1948.
9. Cleveland News, November 12, 1948.
10. Ibid.
11. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 12, 1948.
12. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 13, 1948.
13. Cleveland Press, November 12, 1948.
14. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 12, 1948.
15. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 13, 1948.
16. Ibid.
17. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 14, 1948.
18. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 15, 1948.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. Cleveland Press, November 15, 1948.
22. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 15, 1948.
23. Cleveland Press, November 15, 1948.
24. Cleveland News, November 15, 1948.
25. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 15, 1948.
26. Cleveland News, November 15, 1948.
1. Cleveland Press, November 16, 1948.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Cleveland Press, November 18, 1948.
6. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 11, 1948.
7. Cleveland Press, November 16, 1948.
8. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 19, 1948.
9. United Press, November 17, 1948.
10. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 21, 1948.
11. Cleveland Press, November 19, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 23, 1948.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Cleveland Press, November 20, 1948.
8. Ibid.
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 24, 1948.
10. Ibid.
11. Cleveland Press, November 24, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 27, 1948.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 28, 1948.
5. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 30, 1948.
6. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 29, 1948.
7. Ibid.
8. Cleveland Press, November 29, 1948.
9. Ibid.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 30, 1948.
2. Cleveland Press, December 6, 1948.
3. Cleveland Press, December 2, 1948.
4. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 30, 1948.
5. Cleveland News, November 30, 1948.
6. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 2, 1948.
7. Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 30, 1948.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Cleveland Press, December 1, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 9, 1948.
2. Cleveland Press, December 7, 1948.
3. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 9, 1948.
4. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 12, 1948.
5. Associated Press, December 13, 1948.
6. Cleveland News, December 17, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 14, 1948.
2. Cleveland Press, December 14, 1948.
3. Ibid.
4. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 14, 1948.
5. Cleveland Press, December 15, 1948.
6. Cleveland Press, December 16, 1948.
7. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 16, 1948.
8. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 14, 1948.
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 16, 1948.
10. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 17, 1948.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Associated Press, December 17.
15. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 18, 1948.
16. Ibid.
17. Cleveland Press, December 15, 1948.
18. Cleveland News, December 18, 1948.
19. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 18, 1948.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 19, 1948.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Associated Press, December 19, 1948.
27. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 19, 1948.
28. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 20, 1948.
29. Ibid.
30. Cleveland Press, December 20, 1948.
31. Cleveland News, December 20, 1948.
32. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 20, 1948.
33. Cleveland Press, December 20, 1948.
34. Ibid.
35. Ibid.
36. Ibid.
37. Ibid.
38. Associated Press, December 20, 1948.
39. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 20, 1948.
1. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 20, 1948.
2. Associated Press, December 21, 1948.
3. International News Service, December 21, 1948.
4. Cleveland Press, December 21, 1948.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 22, 1948.
8. Cleveland Press, December 22, 1948.
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 22, 1948.
10. Cleveland Press, December 22, 1948.
11. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 22, 1948.
12. Ibid.
13. Cleveland Press, December 21, 1948.
14. Cleveland Press, December 22, 1948.
15. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 21, 1948.
16. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 22, 1948.
17. Ibid.
18. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 23, 1948.
19. Ibid.
20. Brad Schultz, The NFL Year One (Dulles, VA: Potomac, 2014), p. 5
21. United Press, January 12, 1949.
22. Cleveland Press, January 13, 1949.
23. Ibid.
24. Cleveland Press, January 21, 1949.
25. Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 22, 1949.
26. Cleveland Press, January 22, 1949.
27. Ibid.
28. Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 22, 1949.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Associated Press, February 2, 1949.
33. Cleveland Press, February 3, 1949.
34. Cleveland Press, February 1, 1949.
35. Ibid.