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==History and League Success==

==History and League Success==

The team was formed on 1946 by owner [[Arthur McBride]], who held a newspaper contest to pick out the name for the team. The winning name for the team, the "Browns", was based on the name of popular [[Coach (sport)|coach]] [[Paul Brown]], who had attained much success in Ohio winning five state championships coaching at Massillon High School in Canton during the 1930s, and leading the Ohio State Buckeyes to their first national championship in 1942.  They were members of the All-American Football Conference, winning the league's championship all four years of its existence (1946-1949).  When the league folded the Browns (along with the [[San Francisco 49ers]] and a team called the Baltimore Colts, no relation to the later franchise of the same name which is now the [[Indianapolis Colts]]) joined the NFL.

The team was formed on 1946 by owner Arthur McBride, who held a newspaper contest to pick out the name for the team. The winning name for the team, the "Browns", was based on the name of popular [[Coach (sport)|coach]] Paul Brown, who had attained much success in Ohio winning five state championships coaching at Massillon High School in Canton during the 1930s, and leading the Ohio State Buckeyes to their first national championship in 1942.  They were members of the All-American Football Conference, winning the league's championship all four years of its existence (1946-1949).  When the league folded the Browns (along with the [[San Francisco 49ers]] and a team called the Baltimore Colts, no relation to the later franchise of the same name which is now the [[Indianapolis Colts]]) joined the NFL.

The Browns won the NFL Title in its first year in the league, and would go on to win it three more times (1954, 1955, 1964).  Upon the merger of the AFL and the NFL, the Browns (along with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and the then [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]]) were moved to the AFC to equalize the number of teams in each conference.   

The Browns won the NFL Title in its first year in the league, and would go on to win it three more times (1954, 1955, 1964).  Upon the merger of the AFL and the NFL, the Browns (along with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and the then [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]]) were moved to the AFC to equalize the number of teams in each conference.   

[[Category:National Football League]]

[[Category:NFL]]

[[Category:Ohio]]

[[Category:Ohio]]