A study in Brown. (Here Below).IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO Chuck Klausing's eulogy to football feeder systems last month, we forgot the original concept of feeder systems and the giant who probably invented it, Paul Brown For the politician, see Paul Brown (Georgia politician). Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 - August 5, 1991) was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League. . 'Twas way back in the 1930s when the brilliant young football coach arrived in Massillon, Ohio Massillon is a city in Stark County in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 31,325 at the 2000 census. The Friendly Association for Mutual Interests founded Massillon, then called Kendal, on a 2,000 acre estate in response to Robert Owen's success in New Harmony, , to rehabilitate the football program. With the permission of the Board of Education, Brown took over the two or three junior high school football programs in town and attached them to the Washington High School Washington High School may refer to:
He hired all the football coaches and paid them equally, equipped all the teams with the same high-quality uniforms as the high school team, had the coaches teach the same system of football, and if memory serves us, organized a marching band Noun 1. marching band - a band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same time band - instrumentalists not including string players for each team. You can imagine the kind of enthusiasm that all of this generated in the community. Massillon, Ohio, became the heartbeat of one of the greatest football milieus in the land. During Paul Brown's regime, Washington High used to finish No. 10 nationally in football attendance (including high school, college, and pros) every year. It also produced juggernauts on the field: Under Brown, Washington High won seven consecutive state championships from 1935 to 1941 and seven more state titles in a row from 1948 to 1954 adhering to the system inherited from Brown. And all of this was only the beginning of the Paul Brown legend. He went on to Ohio State and produced a Big Ten champion, left to join the Armed Forces and put together the greatest service team of all-time, then came out and produced the scourge of professional football with the Cleveland Browns
In the process, Brown developed such legendary players as Jim Brown
James Nathaniel Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social activist. , Otto Graham, Marion Motley, Len Ford, Bill Willis, Dante Lavelli, Lou Groza, and Bobby Mitchell. Though Brown never had a formation named after him, nobody ever contributed more to the organization for winning football. He introduced play-books, written tests, minutely organized practices, motion pictures of practices, messenger guards, and sequestered se·ques·ter v. se·ques·tered, se·ques·ter·ing, se·ques·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to withdraw into seclusion. 2. To remove or set apart; segregate. See Synonyms at isolate. 3. weekends for the games. His touch was evident in everything the Browns did on the field, off the field, in the front office, in scouting and drafting, and in every facet of administration. Only Henry Ford could match him in assembly line production and beat him to the Model T. |
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