1960s Timeline

Dec. 21, 1961 - Arthur Modell, the board chairman of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, said Ernie Davis, the all-America halfback from Syracuse (pictured meeting President Kennedy earlier this month at the Hall of Fame Dinner in New York), had agreed to a 3-year contract with the Browns for $65,000 plus a $15,000 bonus. Davis was the first player taken in the NFL’s annual player draft Dec. 4. He was picked by the Washington Redskins. But the Browns previously (and secretly) had obt

Dec. 20, 1961 - Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns survived a late-season rally by Jim Taylor of the Packers and set a NFL scoring record by taking rushing honors for the fifth consecutive year. No other league player has ever won five rushing titles. Brown carried the ball 305 times and gained 1,408 yards for an average of 4.6 yards. #NFL #football #footballplayer #footballgame #footballseason #footballislife #footballgames #FootballNews #footballsunday #footballskills #footb