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The Cleveland Browns are a National Football League franchise team. They are part of the American Football Conference and play in the North division. The team was formed on 1946 by owner Arthur McBride. McBride held a newspaper contest to pick out the name for the team. The wining name for the team, the "Browns", was based off the name of popular Cleveland coach Paul Brown.

After the 1995 season, owner Art Modell decided to move the team to Baltimore for financial reasons, even though the team had an extremely loyal following in Cleveland, demonstrated by the fact that they had sold out every home game for the previous 20 years. Cleveland was later rewarded an expansion team that began playing in 1999. In a unique move, the new team was allowed to retain the team name, logos, and history of the Browns while the original team that relocated started fresh as the Baltimore Ravens.

Team

Cleveland Browns Roster
Quarterbacks 3 Derek Anderson 11 Ken Dorsey 7 Bruce Gradkowski 10 Brady Quinn Running Backs 41 Charles Ali FB 35 Jerome Harrison 31 Jamal Lewis 28 Allen Patrick 47 Lawrence Vickers FB 29 Jason Wright Wide Receivers 16 Josh Cribbs 17 Braylon Edwards 88 Kevin Kaspar 18 Donte Stallworth 12 Syndric Steptoe	Tight Ends 87 Darnell Dinkins 82 Steve Heiden 86 Martin Rucker 80 Kellen Winslow Offensive Tackles 77 Kevin Shaffer 73 Joe Thomas Guards 62 Lennie Friedman 68 Seth McKinney 61 Isaac Sowells 65 Eric Steinbach 72 Ryan Tucker 79 Scott Young Centers 66 Hank Fraley 70 Rex Hadnot 64 Ryan Pontbriand	Linebackers 58 Beau Bell 59 Titus Brown 54 Andra Davis 53 Kris Griffin 96 Alex Hall 52 D'Quell Jackson 55 Willie McGinest 51 Shantee Orr 56 Antwan Peek 94 Leon Williams 95 Kamerion Wimbley Cornerbacks 25 Terry Cousin 23 Travis Daniels 39 Daven Holly 30 Gerard Lawson 48 Brandon McDonald 24 Eric Wright Safeties 42 Hamza Abdullah 20 Mike Adams 21 Brodney Pool 26 Sean Jones	Special Teams  4 Phil Dawson K  15Dave Zastudil P Defensive Ends 98 Robaire Smith 91 Shaun Smith Defensive Tackles 93 Louis Leonard 92 Shaun Rogers 71 Ahtyba Rubin 97 Santonio Thomas 99 Corey Williams Rookies in italics Roster • Depth Chart
Coaches Eric Mangini Head Coach Rob Chudzinski Offensive Coordinator Jeff Davidson Assistant Head coach/Offensive Line Todd Grantham Defensive Coordinator

Related Websites

• Official Team Website

Source Material

• Browns History