Cleveland Brown Franchise Awarded
June 4, 1944- The Cleveland Browns franchise forms in the All-America Football Conference when local...
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"Cleveland Brown Franchise Awarded"
Last updated 📅 2025-06-03
June 4, 1944- The Cleveland Browns franchise forms in the All-America Football Conference when local Cleveland businessman Arthur B. McBride acquired the franchise in the new league. When the AAFC dissolved in 1949, the franchise joined the NFL.
McBride and his partners sold the Browns to another group of North Eastern Ohio investors in 1953 for a price that was unheard of at the time, $600,000! Eight years later, another franchise sale occurred, and Art Modell acquired controlling shares of the Browns. In 1995, Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore under the Ravens mascot name.
The Browns were re-formed as a new franchise, retaining their old historical records, team colors and mascot in 1999.
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