The outrage and controversy that erupted, as well as the NFL's desire to keep a team in Cleveland, led to an agreement whereby Modell was cleared to move his team ( which became the Baltimore Ravens ) but relinquished ownership of the Browns ' name, colors, logos and history.

* 1902: Milwaukee Brewers move to St. Louis, renamed St. Louis Browns

* 1954: St. Louis Browns move to Baltimore, renamed Baltimore Orioles

* Cleveland Browns deactivate and move to Baltimore where they become the Baltimore Ravens and reactivate in 1999.

Modell was assisted in the move by Alfred Lerner, who would go on to become the new owner of the reactivated Cleveland Browns franchise in 1998.

When the final game was played in Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1995, there were more people outside it protesting the move than inside enjoying their last Browns game before the three year deactivation.

In the end, he was only allowed to take the players, coaches, and front office staff to Baltimore ( even then, not all of them made the move ), and the Browns ' history would remain in Cleveland — they restarted in 1999.

Playing his entire career for St. Louis teams, Brecheen ended his career in as a playing coach with the St. Louis Browns ; it was that team's final season in the city before their move to Baltimore.

In November of that year, Browns owner Art Modell announced he would move his franchise to Baltimore after the season.

For the Browns to move, the minor league Brewers would be shut down.

Veeck soon realized that the Cardinals now had more resources at their disposal than he could hope to match, and decided to move the Browns out of town.

Huggins also made his first player transaction, acquiring Del Pratt and Eddie Plank from the St. Louis Browns trading Nick Cullop, Joe Gedeon, Fritz Maisel, Les Nunamaker, Urban Shocker and $ 15, 000 ($ in current dollar terms ), a move that led to criticism in the press.

Modell's move of the Browns breached the team's lease, and the City of Cleveland sued.

Fewer and fewer fans were coming to the ballpark, due in large part to the St. Louis Browns ' move to Baltimore in 1954, causing Baltimoreans to stop having to come to Washington to see games.

The large post-season crowds at Municipal Stadium, which would not have been possible at Oriole Park, and which easily surpassed the attendance at major league baseball's own World Series that year ( in which the St. Louis Cardinals defeated their in-town rivals, the St. Louis Browns ), caught the attention of the major leagues, and Baltimore suddenly became a viable option for teams looking to move.

This reasoning disturbed many in Washington who recalled that it was the Griffith family, owners of the Washington Senators, who allowed the St. Louis Browns to move to Baltimore in in the first place.

In 1940, the St. Louis Browns asked AL owners for permission to move to Los Angeles, but were turned down.

Art Modell decided in 1995 to move the Browns to Baltimore and rename the team the Ravens, provoking a wave of anger and disbelief from fans and former players.

In 1995, Thompson became an unofficial spokesman for Browns fans fighting the move of the team to Baltimore.

As part of the deal which permitted former Browns owner Art Modell to move to Baltimore, the Browns name and colors remained with Cleveland.

The following year, the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy saw the owner of the Browns, Art Modell, move his team to Baltimore and be rechristened as the Baltimore Ravens.

When Art Modell, owner of the Cleveland Browns, wanted to relocate his team to Baltimore in a surprise move first reported on by the Boston Globe on November 4 of 1995, the ensuing press furor and public relations mess forced the league to intercede and make an agreement with him and the Cities of Cleveland and Baltimore before the new season had barely begun.

The Baltimore Ravens came into existence in 1996 when Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his intention to relocate his team from Cleveland to Baltimore.

Both teams came into the game undefeated, with the Browns 9-0 and the 49ers 10-0.

These factors – combined with a war for players between the two leagues that raised salaries and ate into owners ' profits – ultimately led to the dissolution of the AAFC and the merger of three of its teams, including the Browns, into the NFL in 1949.

That made the Browns ' entry into the NFL in the 1950 season the first test of whether their early supremacy could carry over into a more established league.

The Browns came into 1954 as one of the most powerful teams in the NFL, having reached the championship in each of their first four years in the league.

The Browns used the device off and on into the regular season, and other teams began to experiment with their own radio helmets.

But Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar rallied his team back with 2 third quarter touchdowns, cutting the lead to 24 – 21 going into the final period.

While the areas of Benwood Hill and a portion of Boggs Run beyond where Browns Run flows into Boggs Run are provided with some services from Benwood's public works, they fall outside the city limits and are not directly parts of the city.

The old copper roof will be recycled and incorporated into a new piece of artwork symbolising a tree outside Browns Bar and Brasserie.

On 14 November 2011, the last Foodtown at Browns Bay was converted into a Countdown, bringing an end to the iconic New Zealand brand.

" He once saw Browns outfielder Al Zarilla slide into a base, and said, " Zarilla slud into third!

As a junior, he was talked into signing a professional football contract with the NFL's Cleveland Browns by Paul Brown.

Three of its teams, the original version of the Baltimore Colts, the Cleveland Browns, and the San Francisco 49ers, were absorbed into the NFL in 1950.

Going into the game, the Browns were in first place in the Eastern Conference, holding a one-game lead over the second-place Giants.

South of the dam it flows eastward, looping around the eastern tip of the Uinta Mountains going from Utah into northwestern Colorado and through Browns Park before turning west and then south into Dinosaur National Monument where it passes through the Canyon of the Lodore ( Otherwise known as the Gates of Lodore ) and is joined by the Yampa River at Steamboat Rock.

After College, his Pop Warner Football coach Thomas Bevacqui Jr. was able to get Mills into the Cleveland Browns Training Camp after meeting with Browns Coach Sam Rutigliano.

Three of its teams, the San Francisco 49ers, the Baltimore Colts and the Browns, merged into the NFL.

Several of the AA's home-field venues survived into the 1960s: The ballpark used by the 1891 Washington club evolved into Griffith Stadium ; the home of the St. Louis Browns, Sportsman's Park ; and the city block occupied by the Reds, which evolved into Crosley Field.

Elway's ability to improvise on the fly, in part, helped Denver to make it through the playoffs, narrowly defeating the New England Patriots, 22 – 17, and the Cleveland Browns, 23 – 20, in the AFC Championship Game.

Denver then won the AFC Championship Game in an exciting game over the AFC Central champion Cleveland Browns 38-33 for the second consecutive year.

The Browns took the ball back and drove to the Denver 8-yard line, but the drive ended with a play that became known as The Fumble resulting more bad luck in Cleveland professional sports lore: Denver defensive back Jeremiah Castille stripped the football from Browns running back Ernest Byner and recovered the ensuing fumble as Byner was rushing in for the potential tying touchdown, securing the Broncos ' win.

* Most own fumble recoveries for touchdowns, season: 2 ; Chicago Bears, 1953 ; New England Patriots, 1973 ; Buffalo Bills, 1974 ; Denver Broncos, 1975 ; Oakland Raiders, 1978 ; Green Bay Packers, 1982 and 1989 ; New Orleans Saints, 1983 ; Cleveland Browns, 1986 ; Miami Dolphins, 1996 ; Buffalo Bills, 2000.

* Peyton Hillis – NFL football running back ; Arkansas Razorbacks 2004 – 08, Denver Broncos 2008 – 10, Cleveland Browns 2010 – 2011, Kansas City Chiefs 2012 – present.

As 1970 approached, three NFL teams ( the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers ), agreed to join the ten AFL teams ( the Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins had joined the original Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers ) to form the American Football Conference ( AFC ).

The Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts are all teams who have recently received a significant amount of public financing to either construct or upgrade the stadiums in which they currently play.

* James Jones ( defensive lineman ) ( born 1969 ), defensive lineman for Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions

He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft, and has played for the Browns, Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills.

Meredith's broadcasting career was also not without a few incidents of minor controversy ; including referring to then-President Richard Nixon as " Tricky Dick ", announcing that he was " mile-high " before a game in Denver, and turning the name of Cleveland Browns receiver Fair Hooker into a double entendre.

That year, the Browns advanced to the AFC championship for the third time in four years, losing again to the Broncos in Denver.

After a 29 – 14 loss to Denver in Week 8, the Browns released Kosar.

In David Halberstam's book " The Education of a Coach ", the author outlines how Kosar ignored the Browns ' coaches play calling during the Denver game, threw a touchdown to WR Michael Jackson after calling his own pass play and then told the press afterwards he'd drawn the play " up in the dirt ".

He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns third overall in the 2001 NFL Draft, and has also played professionally for the Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, and New England Patriots of the NFL.

He played 15 seasons, splitting his time between the Denver Broncos, the Cleveland Browns, and finally the Los Angeles Raiders, with whom he won a championship in Super Bowl XVIII.

Although a productive and popular player with the Browns, Byner is probably best remembered for one play, The Fumble, in which he lost the ball on the three-yard line while attempting to score against the Denver Broncos during the 1987 AFC Championship game.

This negative publicity notwithstanding, Pinkston's 18. 8 yards-per-catch average for the 2004 regular season was exceeded by only one other NFL receiver with as many or more receptions than the 36 he recorded ( Ashley Lelie of the Denver Broncos averaged 20. 1 ), and his six catches gaining 40 or more yards was topped by only three other receivers ( teammate Terrell Owens, who had nine, and Javon Walker of the Green Bay Packers and Dennis Northcutt of the Cleveland Browns with seven each ).

Schottenheimer would remain with the Browns until 1988, amassing a 44-27 (. 620 ) regular-season record and a 2-4 (. 333 ) mark in the playoffs, including four playoff appearances, three AFC Central Division titles, and two trips to the AFC Championship Game ( both against the Denver Broncos ).

The Drive refers to an offensive series in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship Game played on January 11, 1987 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium between the Denver Broncos and the Cleveland Browns.

Then after a sack by Denver lineman Simon Fletcher, Bernie Kosar threw a pass that went through the arms of Webster Slaughter and into the hands of linebacker Freddie Gilbert on the Browns 17, setting up John Elway's 8-yard touchdown pass to Ricky Nattiel.