Does anyone know the origin of the cleveland Browns name?
2006-08-24 02:27:14 · 17 answers · asked by Patrick 5 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
When owner Arthur McBride brought an AAFC team to Cleveland in 1945, he held a newspaper contest to name the team and offered a $1,000 war bond to the winner. Most of the entries submitted wanted the name Browns, because the extremely popular Paul Brown was the team's head coach.
Coach Brown thought it wouldn't be proper to name the team after him, and the entry "Panthers" was selected. A few weeks later, a man approached McBride and said he owned a semi-pro team in the 20's called the Cleveland Panthers and he still owned the rights to the name.
McBride could have bought the man off but Brown vetoed the idea. The coach didn't want the new team to be associated with a losing franchise. Instead of holding a new contest, Brown reluctantly agreed to name the team Browns. But, in sticking with his original ideals, Brown suggested publicly that since Louis was "The Brown Bomber", that was how the team got its name. Not a single entry in the contest listed Louis or his nickname as a reason for choosing "Browns."
2006-08-24 02:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by USC Fan 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
SF. 49'ers. They got their name as they were 20 players short to be called the 69'ers, which was the original name.
Cleveland Browns. Got there name as it's the same color as ****, which is what Cleveland plays like, ****. The Cleveland shits didn't take off, so it was changed to browns. It's also the same color as skid marks, because watching Cleveland play gives you the shits so quick, you can never get to the toilet in time, and you wind up with skidmarks
2006-08-24 09:47:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
T^he San Fansisco 49'ers got their name because of history. During the gold rush in california the nickname for the miners was the 49er's I beelive it is because of the year (1849)
2006-08-24 09:33:39 · answer #3 · answered by ead824 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forty Niners came from the California Gold Rush settlers of 1849.
The Cleveand browns got their name from original owner Paul Brown.
2006-08-24 15:42:11 · answer #4 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 49's took a name that was known in northern California....in the old Gold rush days......when men came in from all over the world to seek their fortune in the gold craze of 1849 were called the 49s...just a name that caught on....
you asked....the "O" Wise One answered.........
2006-08-24 09:37:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe how many said 1949! The gold rush was in 1849. Sutter's mill anyone? Well that's where the niners got their name. As for the Brown's, They got their name from owner Paul Brown
2006-08-24 09:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by Tim C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 49ers got their name from the gold rush of 1849. There was no gold rush in 1949.
2006-08-24 09:34:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gold rush in 1849, not 1949.
2006-08-24 09:33:39 · answer #8 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the 49ers it's because 1949 was the biggest year of the Gold Rush. Literally many thousands from all over the world went to SF that year to try to find their fortune. Those people became known as 49ers.
Don't know about the other team soz!
2006-08-24 09:29:48 · answer #9 · answered by Nix 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The gold rush of 1849 inspired the name 49ers. this is the 60th year of the franchise. allot of history in that time some great teams and some great players.
2006-08-24 09:44:59 · answer #10 · answered by xpressman5c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋