Browns Town 1964

The Cleveland Browns and the 1964 Championship

Terry Pluto

$18.95

A nostalgic look back at the upstart AFC Cleveland Browns’ surprising 1964 championship victory over the hugely favored Baltimore Colts. Profiles the colorful players who made that season memorable, including Jim Brown, Paul Warfield, Frank Ryan. Recreates an era and a team for which pride was not just a slogan.

Softcover / 318 pages / 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 25 photos / ISBN 9781886228726

Description

“Pluto movingly reveals the substance of a mythic bond between men and a game, a team and a city—and thus lays bare how present-day pro football has surrendered its soul.” — Kirkus Reviews

The inspiring story of Cleveland’s last champions: The 1964 Cleveland Browns.

A nostalgic look back at the remarkable story of the upstart AFC Cleveland Browns’ surprise championship victory over the hugely favored Baltimore Colts in 1964. Sportswriter Terry Pluto profiles the colorful players who made that season so memorable. He takes us through the entire 1964 season from training camp at Hiram College to the championship game in Municipal Stadium. Along the way he recreates an era and a team for which pride was not just a slogan.

They were a team of men in the truest sense of the words, men who didn’t expect to be coddled, men who didn’t believe the world should genuflect at the mere mention of their names. They had the greatest running back in the history of football, and a coach who wore a hearing aid. Their quarterback had a Ph.D. in math. They had a defensive end who was a preacher, and a halfback who became a millionaire. Together, they won it all.

Back before Free Agency, before shoe contracts and end zone dances, football was a tough game played by men who loved it. They had real jobs in the off season, as insurance salesmen or manufacturers’ representatives, and they lived in the community where they played. They were grateful to the fans for their support and believed that nothing they accomplished was important unless the team won.

Additional information

Weight0.73 lbs
Format

Softcover, Softcover (Autographed)

Table of Contents

Introduction

ART’S THUNDERBOLT:

The Founder

Art Modell

The Last Days of Paul Brown

Blanton Collier Takes Over

1964:

Hiram

The Browns Break Camp

The Season

Preparing for the Colts

The Game of Their Lives

Postgame

FOREVER BROWN:

Jim Brown

Dick Modzelewski

Lou Groza

Paul Warfield

Dick Schafrath

Ernie Green

Gene Hickerson

Jim Ninowski

Bill Glass

Bernie Parrish

Ross Fichtner

Galen Fiss

Gary Collins

Jim Kanicki

Leroy Kelly

Frank Ryan

 

Afterword

Acknowledgements

Index

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