New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name

[The Oldtimer]

I would tend to think that's a minority in this debate? I have honestly never heard of this being a thing.

The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference, under businessman Arthur B "Mickey" McBride. Not long after gaining the franchise, McBride named Ohio State Buckeyes coach Paul Brown as vice president, general manager and head coach. A fan contest was conducted to determine the name of the team, with the most popular choice being "Panthers." However, Brown objected to the name after finding out it had been used by a semipro team in the city—one that had a reputation as a chronic loser. This prompted a second contest to choose a name befitting a champion. This contest yielded the nickname "Brown Bombers"—after reigning heavyweight champion Joe Louis—and was shortened to "Browns" for the convenience of headline writers. However, to this day, the myth that the team was named after Paul Brown persists.

This article tells me that the Cleveland Browns were named after a 'Brown skin' person. I'm thinking Joe Louis is/was proud of this fact.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Easy Yoga I was making a funny.

Oh okay...

 

[Fountain City Blues]

The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference, under businessman Arthur B "Mickey" McBride. Not long after gaining the franchise, McBride named Ohio State Buckeyes coach Paul Brown as vice president, general manager and head coach. A fan contest was conducted to determine the name of the team, with the most popular choice being "Panthers." However, Brown objected to the name after finding out it had been used by a semipro team in the city—one that had a reputation as a chronic loser. This prompted a second contest to choose a name befitting a champion. This contest yielded the nickname "Brown Bombers"—after reigning heavyweight champion Joe Louis—and was shortened to "Browns" for the convenience of headline writers. However, to this day, the myth that the team was named after Paul Brown persists.

However, Paul Brown never held fast to the Joe Louis story, and later in his life admitted that it was false, invented to deflect unwanted attention arising from the team being named after him. The Browns and the NFL now both support the position that the team was indeed named after Paul Brown.

Franchise nicknames | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site

Were the Cleveland Browns named after boxer Joe Louis?

Seems like Modell and Brown's dislike for each other extends to petty barbs like... who were the Browns named after.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Oh okay...

 

[The Oldtimer]

Franchise nicknames | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site

Were the Cleveland Browns named after boxer Joe Louis?

Seems like Modell and Brown's dislike for each other extends to petty barbs like... who were the Browns named after.

Okay so we have conflicting stories. Which one do we believe?

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Okay so we have conflicting stories. Which one do we believe?

Occam's razor: So the Paul Brown version given his the first hand source involved in all of this.

 

[The Oldtimer]

Occam's razor: So the Paul Brown version given his the first hand source involved in all of this.

Okay fair enough. I'm not the one to change your opinion.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

In another 1000 years or so it's going to get harder and harder to tell us all apart anyway..

We'll all be speaking Esperanto or whatever the fuck and we'll all have a light genetic tan.

 

[PDay8810]

OK, I'll give it a shot.
How about the Dallas Castrators?????
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cool....hope that works for you

 

[Keystone]

I think Arizona probably has the highest Native American population in the country dude.

Alaska.