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Full Cleveland
#2 in the Milan Jacovich series leads Milan to hunt for a con man who scammed the Mob.
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On Being Brown
These 33 essays seek to explain the essential elements of being a Browns fan.
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Killer in the Attic
#4 in a series of incredible but true stores of Cleveland crime and disaster.
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Indian Sign
#11 in the Milan Jacovich series where Milan investigate the murder of an elderly Native American by a local mobster.
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King of the Holly Hop
#14 in the Milan Jacovich series takes Milan to his high school reunion.
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Chuck Heaton, author of Browns Scrapbook

Chuck Heaton

In 1980 Chuck Heaton was honored with a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame when he received the prestigious Dick McCann Memorial Award, awarded to one journalist each year for a lifetime of excellence in football reporting. Heaton began writing as a city reporter for the Plain Dealer in 1942, earning $50 a week, and stayed with the paper for 51 years. In 1946 he eagerly accepted a job writing in the sports department and in 1954 began covering the Browns as a football writer. Heaton was one of the first electors to the Hall of Fame in 1963 and served in that role for thirty years. In 1990 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cleveland Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was elected to the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame in 1992. He retired from the Plain Dealer on October 1, 1993. He was chosen by Leroy Kelly to be his presenter when Kelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994.

Books by Chuck Heaton

Clevland books: Browns Scrapbook by Chuck Heaton
Browns Scrapbook
A Fond Look Back at Five Decades of Football, from a Legendary Cleveland Sportswriter
by Chuck Heaton

Hall of fame football writer Chuck Heaton spent an incredible five decades covering the Cleveland Browns—the “old Browns” teams that fans still miss. He reported on the Browns for the Plain Dealer fro  . . . [Read More]