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4 days ago · 6. Gene Hickerson, G. 7th round, 78th overall pick, 1957 draft Team: Browns (1958-73) A key blocker for Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, Hickerson was a key piece of the Browns' 1964 ...
4 days ago · 2, Quarterback Bernie Kosar, supplemental draft 1985. Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar looks for a receiver against the Kansas City Chiefs, Oct. 12, 1986, in Cleveland. Kosar threw for 287 yards ...
3 days ago · PressReader. Catalog; For You; Dayton Daily News. Ranking Cleveland’s 13 best all-time draft picks 2024-04-25 - By Steve Doerschuk The Canton Repository . With the first pick in the 1936 NFL draft — the first NFL draft — the Philadelphia Eagles selected University of Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger.
4 days ago · And then later, in the seventh round at No. 72, the Browns found a tremendous pulling guard — maybe the best ever — who would open holes for Brown, especially on sweeps, in Gene Hickerson of Mississippi. Folks, with two Pro Football Hall of Famers, including the greatest of them all, it doesn’t get much better than that.
4 days ago · In addition to Brown, they took Hall of Fame linemen Henry Jordan and Gene Hickerson in that draft. Here’s some other fun and unique Browns draft info: In 1959 they took two Ohio State University players, Dick Schafrath and Dick LeBeau.
3 days ago · Running behind All-Pro Dick Schafrath, John Wooten, John Morrow, John Brown, and Gene Hickerson, Brown led Cleveland to one championship (1964) in three trips to the title game. In that championship game, Jim Brown rushed 27 times for 114 yards. Many fans still consider him the greatest player ever.
3 days ago · When I signed with Paul, he felt that $1,000 was $10 million", said Gene Hickerson, a guard who played for the Browns in the late 1950s and 1960s. Brown's stingy approach to salaries frustrated his players and was a motivating force behind the formation of the National Football League Players Association , which represents players' interests in ...
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