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According to Hanford Dixon, then a cornerback with the Browns, Dixon himself gave his defensive teammates the name "Dawgs" to inspire them before the 1985 season. The Dawg Pound started during the 1985 training camp at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland.
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Nickname For Cleveland Browns Fans Crossword Clue
| Rank | Word | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| 94% | DAWGS | Nickname for Cleveland Browns fans |
| 3% | TANS | Light browns |
| 3% | TOONARMY | Nickname for Newcastle United fans |
| 3% | HASH | ___ browns |
The name of the team was at first left up to Brown, who rejected calls for it to be christened the Browns. McBride then held a contest to name the team in May 1945; "Cleveland Panthers" was the most popular choice, but Brown rejected it because it was the name of an earlier failed football team.
What was the nickname of the original Browns logo
But Brownie the Elf and Cleveland's winning ways remained. The Browns won another championship in their first season in the NFL. By 1953, Brown wanted to showcase Brownie even more. He tasked Browns trainer Leo Murphy with putting the Brownie logo on one of Cleveland's orange helmets to see what it would look like.
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