09/30/2026
Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American football coach and executive who co-founded the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals
Early Career and Success
Massillon High School: Led his alma mater in Ohio to a dominant dynasty with an 88-2 record and six straight state titles.
Ohio State University: Coached the Buckeyes to their first-ever national championship in 1942.
Professional Legacy
Cleveland Browns: Co-founded and named the franchise after himself, winning four AAFC championships and three NFL championships.
Cincinnati Bengals: Co-founded the expansion franchise in 1968 and served as head coach before transitioning to team president until 1991.
Hall of Fame: Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Innovations
Pioneered the use of game film to scout opponents and grade players.
Invented the modern face mask, the practice squad (taxi squad), and the draw play.
Instituted the use of playbooks, classroom study, and sideline communication.
Helped break pro football's modern color barrier by signing African-American players Marion Motley and Bill Willis.
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Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Borgman is among the most respected cartoonists in America.
Borgman was born Feb. 24, 1954, in Cincinnati. He graduated summa cm laude from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he was known to the community for his tenure as staff artist and editorial cartoonist for the Kenyon Collegian from 1974 to 1976.
On the basis of his college cartoons, The Cincinnati Enquirer hired him in 1976 to begin work immediately following his graduation.
In 1980, he joined King Features Syndicate as an editorial cartoonist. He created Zits, his first comic strip, in collaboration with cartoonist Jerry Scott, who also scripts Baby Blues. Zits debuted in July 1997 in more than 200 newspapers --- one of the strongest comic-strip introductions in years. King Features now distributes Zits to more than 1,600 newspapers. In addition to Borgman’s numerous awards for editorial cartooning, Zits brought Jim recognition in cartooning when he and Jerry Scott shared the National Cartoonists Society’s top prize in the Newspaper Comic Strip category two years running in 1998 and 1999; the German Cartoonists Association’s Max and Moritz medal for Best International Comic Strip in 2000, and the Adamson Statuette, the Swedish Academy of Comic Art’s 40th International Prize for “Best International Comic-Strip Cartoonist” in 2005.
Jim Borgman's tribute to Paul Brown is one of the most memorable sports-related editorial cartoons in Cincinnati history. Published in the Cincinnati Enquirer shortly after the legendary football coach and Cincinnati Bengals founder passed away on August 5, 1991, the cartoon perfectly captured the city's grief and profound respect for Brown's legacy. I’m offering a hand signed print of a minimalist version of this iconic tribute done the same year Jim Borgman won the Pulitzer Prize. This piece would appeal to sports enthusiasts, Jim Borgman fans and cartoon collectors alike. I added museum glass and archival framing materials to keep it protected. Own a piece of football and Cincinnati history. Stop by Vintage Soul Chick at Motley Home to make this cool art piece your own.