Jerry Rhome

My friend and Browns player I interviewed for the book sent me this picture for use in the book. He signed it and personalised it with "Good Luck with the book". Upon closer look at the picture, it got more interesting. Jerry and the Browns are playing against the Minnesota Vikings and Hall of Famer Gene Hickerson is impeding the pass rush of fellow Hall of Famer Alan Page. Alan was in his second year as a Viking and Gene had 4 more years as a Brown. The other rusher is Paul Dickson out of Baylor. His blocker almost has to be Fred Hoaglin. I also had a great interview with Fred. Both Browns blockers did a great job of protecting Jerry on this play, maybe that's why he sent this particular photograph to me!!! Please look at Jerry's website @ jerryrhome.com

I hope I have people looking at the posts on this blog. Feel free to comment on any post. Go Browns!!

What do Gene Hickerson and Elvis Presley have in common?

They were childhood friends. Gene and Elvis went to Grade School and played back yard football together. They were great friendsand Gene was on several excursions where Elvis bousgh a car and several minutes later gave it away. Bobby Franklin was also a friend of Elvis and the Pro Football Hall of Famer Gene Hickerson. As most of you know, Gene is in a nursing home and has pneumonia. Gene was a pleasure to interview. His pleasures in life were the birds on his property that he enjoyed watching, mowing his grass and his memories of the Browns.

Browns Free Agency Aquisitions

Michael Silver, one of the top NFL Columnists, said in a Yahoo interview, that he believes the Browns are on the right track and doing as great job in building a winning team. So far the Browns have signed:

Donte Stallworth a wide receiver from New England

Rex Hadnot an offensive lineman from Miami

Shantee Orr a linebacker from Houston

Shaun Rogers a defensive lineman from Detroit

Corey Williams a defensive lineman from Green Bay

These players have the equivalence of 31 years playing time. The knowledge they bring to the Browns will be a valuable commodity to increase wins in the future. Gentlemen, welcome to Cleveland!!!

"If You Wore (Wear) the Uniform: You're a Brown"

Simon Fraser

Simon Fraser signed a contract with the Atlanta Falcons a couple weeks ago and it looks like the Cleveland Browns are not going to match the offer. It will be hard to watch our Upper Arlington and Ohio State University graduate playing on another roster. I watched Simon at a practice in training camp and there was no one more enthusiastic about being on the field than number 75. He was the first one in line on station changes, he ran from station to station and even ran to the sidelines to sign autographs after practice. He showed the same hustle for the Browns that he showed in college. Fraser was a three-time OSU Scholar-Athlete selection and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree, as well as a co-captain as a senior. As a Brown, Simon had 54 tackles (28 solo), 4.5 sacks, four passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in 48 games. This three time Ohio native will be missed by the Browns and all his fans. Good luck Simon.

Cleveland Football Heroes

As most of you know, I am in the process of writing a book about the Cleveland Browns. It should be ready by next Christmas. The publisher wants to delay it so I have time to "trim the fat" from the interviews and change the format from question and answer to just player input. One good thing is I have had time to talk to individuals like David Krikorian. He holds the rights to Hero Decks. He has granted me the rights to publish these caricature images of players I have interviewed. We still have details to work out with him and the publisher, but It looks like it will be a great addition to the pictures and images I already have obtained for the book, "If You Wore the Uniform: You're a Brown". Thanks David!! Here is the link for the cards.
http://www.herodecks.com/football/cleveland.php

Day One

Welcome Browns and football fans alike. With the help of a very special person, I am going to attemp to enlighten and entertain visitors of this blog with the adventures I experience in the football world. I am a member of the River Rats Browns Backers n Marietta, Ohio. I would rather watch and talk about Cleveland Browns football than most anything elso I do. I help run a Celebrity Golf Tournament that is held on June 14th at Lakeside Golf Course in Beverly, Ohio. You will hear more about that and other things that happen to me in the near future. Please email me or leave comments here on more of what you would like to see and what you might disagree with. Not everything that happens in this world is positive. Thanks for visiting and come back often.

Barry Taylor

taylorl21@yahoo.com