How did the cleveland browns get their name?

Question

What does the orange helmet have to do with the name browns?

Answer 1

The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1946 under owner Arthur 'Mickey' McBride. At first, a fan contest was conducted to determine the name of the team, with the most popular choice being "Browns" after its first head coach, Paul Brown. Brown was uncomfortable with the idea of having the team named after him, and "Panthers" was then selected. However, a semi-pro team was using that name and threatened to sue if the AAFC club used it as well. Thus, Paul Brown reluctantly agreed to use the "Browns" name, but stated publicly that the new team was named after boxing champion Joe Louis who was known as the "Brown Bomber."

Since debuting in 1946, the Browns' uniforms have essentially remained the same. However, the team originally wore white helmets before switching to orange (with a white center stripe.) on a full time basis in 1952. (In the 1950 & '51 Seasons, The Browns wore the white helmets in day games and plain orange helmets in night games due to an NFL rule prohibiting the use of white or light colored helmets for night games due to the lighting and the use of a white football for night games. Also because of night games, they experimented with silver game pants in the 1950 & '51 seasons, and a third orange jersey for night games in the 1954 season.) From 1957 to 1961, the player's numbers were on the sides of their helmets. In 1960, the Browns went to the now familiar brown-white-brown stripe sequence on the helmets.

Answer 2

A man by the name of Paul Brown founded the Browns. Hence the name and the color.
Paul Brown left the Browns and started the Cincinnati Bengals. They are orange as well!
Of course the original Browns are now in Baltimore. They moved out of Cleveland and then Cleveland later got a new football franchise and called them the Browns. One may say these Browns are somewhat of a fraud.

Answer 3

Who is more ignorant, the person who asked the question or the people giving the wrong answer. I can understand some fool just starting to watch football, not knowing the history of the game, saying the Browns name is stupid and the logo isnt flashy enough. Go watch figure skating then. The team is not named after the coach. The people who said the team is named after the Brown Bomber have it right. At that time, Joe Louis was a legend and the fans voted to name the team accordingly.

Answer 4

When the Rams left cleveland, a new NFL franchise took its place, and a contes was held to pick a new name. The winner was the "Panthers"...but the owners found out there was already a semipro Ohio football team called the Panthers - and they stunk. So another contest was held. This time the winner was "Brown Bombers," inspired by boxing champion Joe Louis. The name was then shorteded to "Browns," probably because the coach's name was Paul Brown."

Answer 5

The team was named after their first coach, Paul Brown, why they have orange helmets I don't know.

Answer 6

From their owner......Paul Brown and Coach

Answer 7

browns come from the players having brown streaks in their underwear

Answer 8

So ummmmm..........I was gonna answer this and then I read Johnnysbar answer and decided against wasting my time. Is there anything else he can tell us? Like maybe who really killed Kennedy or what happens after we die? ;-)

Answer 9

Beats me

Answer 10

probly cuz they kep crappen in ther pants.and they wer from cleavland