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The team was named after the 1945 head coach of the team Paul Brown.

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The Cleveland Browns are named after Paul Brown. While Paul Brown was the first Head Coach of the team, he was not the first owner as many believe. The first owner was Arthur B "Mickey" McBride. Once he was given a franchise in the AAFC he hired Brown to be Head Coach, along with General Manager and Vice President.

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In 1945, Arthur McBride brought the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) team to Cleveland. He ran a newspaper contest to name the team and offered the winner a $1,000 war bond. Many entries suggested the name "Browns" after Head Coach Paul Brown, but Coach Brown felt it wasn't "proper" to name the team after himself. Instead, the winning suggestion was the Panthers. However, there was a semi-pro team called the Cleveland Panthers in the '20s, and the owner still had the rights to the name. So, Coach Brown reluctantly agreed to name the team the Browns.

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The team was named after the 1945 head coach of the team Paul Brown.

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12y ago
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"Dawgs" is a nickname given to the defense by ex-Brown cornerback Hanford Dixon which is where the "Dawg Pound" comes from. It is stated that Dixon, and other members of the Browns secondary would bark at each other during games. This was picked up on by the Browns fans sitting in the east end zone which at that time started with the first row at field level. The fans began to dress is dog costumes and bring dog bones which would often be thrown at opposing teams.

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That was started back in the late 80's when the 2 cornerbacks from the Browns, Hanford dixon and Frank Minnefield said that the team was playing like a bunch of mad dogs and that was the year that the Browns almost made the superbowl and the fans then called the far end of the stadium on the open end of the old stadium the dog pound and the name has stuck ever since.

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The Cleveland Browns was started in 1944 by owner Arthur 'Mickey' McBride and head coach (and Ohio coaching legend) Paul Brown. They conducted a team naming contest in 1945. The most popular submission was "Browns" in recognition of Paul Brown, already an established and popular figure in Ohio sports. Brown at first objected to the name and the team selected from the contest entries the name "Panthers." However, after an area businessman informed the team that he owned the rights to the name Cleveland Panthers from an earlier failed football team, Brown relented his objection and agreed to the use of his name.

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Type your answer here... The opposing team`s end zone seating is referred to as the

"dog pound" actually mispelled on purpose as the "dawg pound" This seating section is similar to the Raiders "black hole" seating section.

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The legend is that the team was named after its head coach, Paul Brown.

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Paul Brown owner of the team

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