Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a National Football League franchise. 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 winning name for the team, the "Browns", was based on 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 and had sold out every home game for the previous 20 years. Cleveland was later awarded 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.
Roster
Quarterbacks
- 3 - Derek Anderson
- 11 - Ken Dorsey
- 7 - Bruce Gradkowski
- 10 - Brady Quinn
Running Backs
- 31 - Jamal Lewis
- 35 - Jerome Harrison
- 28 - Allen Patrick
- 29 - Jason Wright
Fullbacks
- 47 - Lawrence Vickers
- 41 - Charles Ali
Wide Receivers
- 17 - Braylon Edwards
- 16 - Joshua Cribbs
- 18 - Donte Stallworth
- 12 - Syndric Steptoe
- 88 - Kevin Kaspar
Tight Ends
- 80 - Kellen Winslow II
- 87 - Darnell Dinkins
- 82 - Steve Heiden
- 86 - Martin Rucker
Offensive Tackles
- 77 - Kevin Shaffer
- 73 - Joe Thomas
Guards
- 68 - Seth McKinney
- 61 - Isaac Sowells
- 65 - Eric Steinbach
- 79 - Scott Young
- 62 - Lennie Friedman
- 72 - Ryan Tucker
Centers
- 66 - Hank Fraley
- 70 - Rex Hadnot
- 64 - Ryan Pontbriand
Defensive Ends
- 91 - Shaun Smith
- 98 - Robaire Smith
Defensive Tackles
- 93 - Louis Leonard
- 92 - Shaun Rogers
- 71 - Ahtyba Rubin
- 97 - Santonio Thomas
- 99 - Corey Williams
Linebackers
- 58 - Beau Bell
- 59 - Titus Brown
- 54 - Andra Davis
- 53 - Kris Griffin
- 96 - Alex Hall
- 52 - D'Qwell Jackson
- 55 - Willie McGinest
- 51 - Shantee Orr
- 94 - Leon Williams
- 95 - Kamerion Wimbley
- 56 - Antwan Peek
Cornerbacks
- 23 - Travis Daniels
- 25 - Terry Cousin
- 30 - Gerard Lawson
- 22 - Brandon McDonald
- 24 - Eric Wright
- 39 - Daven Holly
Safeties
- 42 - Hamza Abdullah
- 20 - Mike Adams
- 26 - Sean Jones
- 21 - Brodney Pool
Kickers
- 4 - Phil Dawson
Punters
- 15 - Dave Zastudil
See also
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Baltimore Ravens
- American Football Conference
- National Football Conference