Paul Brown - The Father of Modern Football

The origin point of every coach already discussed on this channel. Paul Brown is considered a pillar of professional football. In this episode we examine his history and the great coaching tree he created.
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[@nobodyaskedbut]

PB was not just a regional star coach. He won 4 HS national championships which included 35 straight wins. He led Ohio St. to their 1st national title (1942) which resulted in him reaching national football fame. He won the 1st undefeated-untied (15-0) pro championship in 1948. In his 1st season in the NFL he beat TWO NFL champions (2-time defending champion Eagles & still record holding 38.8 PPG Rams). He was THE 1st to start black players (Marion Motley & Bill Wiilis) in pro major league team sports in the 20th century. He created the modern game of pro football and all others have just copied him ever since. His 5 man direct coaching tree won a combined 13 NFL championships. I'm, of course, describing the greatest pro football coach of all time and it's not close.

[@SCSNSE]

They called him the “Miracle Man of Massillon” after he won so much in HS

[@crosstatt7441]

You were amazing Paul Brown!

[@devanwelch4049]

The Paul Brown Cinematic Universe

[@MrPloppy1]

Being from Brown’s hometown, Massillon, OH, I can fill you in on some of what he did coaching the Massillon Tigers. He coached the Tigers from 1932 to 1940. In those 8 years he lead the Tigers to 6 state titles and an unrepeatable FOUR national high school championships. He once went an entire season without punting and only allowed 6 points scored against his team that same season. Almost all of his football innovations were developed while in Massillon. You can find the first football game footage from this time that he used to study here on KZbin, including some extremely rare, for the time, color film footage for the game against the Tigers biggest rival, Canton McKinley Bulldogs. His coaching influence also continued at Massillon for decades after he left. The Tigers have established a high school record of 22 state championships and NINE national titles. Most people don’t know that orange was chosen as the team colors for the Cleveland Browns and the team name of the Cincinnati Bengals were in homage to his beloved hometown Massillon Tigers.

[@FootballAncestry]

This is awesome, thanks so much for sharing!

[@ethanweeter2732]

AlwYs heard he was hard to felt sign with, but no coach that good would probably be a very nice man to be coached by.

[@ethanweeter2732]

I am not shocked. Consider Paul Brown the real father of football. Pop Warner did a lot, but Paul Brown was Lombardi’s idol as a coach, right?

[@ethanweeter2732]

Bill Walsh also coached under Paul.

[@lightyagami3492]

Damn I love getting this information. This is stuff you wouldn't hear about by just doing a surface level search online.

[@allis1971]

Vince Lombardi Trophy? It should have been named the Paul Brown Trophy!

[@xman777b]

As someone born in WI, whom was actually named after Lombardi, and have great reverence towards the man, I've no problem with this assertion. One man is properly rated in history. The other man is completely underrated.

[@Mahdi-the-giraffe]

@@xman777bso is your name Vince or Lombardi

[@dannyburch4973]

I'm from Massillon and I agree 💯👍

[@glenwest1911]

The most impressive coaching tree.

[@24quorthonschuldiner62]

You got that right, Don Shula, Bill Walsh, Chuck Noll, Bill Belichick, Bill Parcells, Weeb Ewbank. Talk about a coaching tree that maybe the best coaching tree that will ever exist

[@coledwrld7]

If you truly love and appreciate the NFL as a whole then you must love and appreciate Paul Brown.

[@anygivensunday4198]

Holy crap I can't believe you have so few subscribers and I am so happy to have found you

[@FootballAncestry]

Thank you! I really appreciate it!

[@anygivensunday4198]

@@FootballAncestry what video editing software where do you get your video from?

[@FootballAncestry]

I edit with Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro. The video of coaches or players I generally find by looking them up on KZbin

[@CasuallyCardano]

Exponential growth from here on out 📈

[@lancechimese1715]

This Channel criminally underrated!!!! Keep up the good work bro!!!

[@patrickolaughlin6027]

I'm a Giants fan , but I'm rooting for the Bengals in the AFC Championship because of Paul Brown 's legacy. His son Mike Brown takes a lot of crap , but he runs that team in his old man's memory.

[@ethanweeter2732]

And Mike while maybe intrusive, I think he does care about winning. Man has devoted his entire life to the Bengals. Unlike Modell, he did not abandon our city or Paul Brown. Without PB, Browns would not have been good and neither would the Bengals even exist probably. Paul was such a jerk though, he kept Walsh from getting jobs because he knew how good Bill Walsh would be as a head coach. That is the bad thing about Paul Brown, but how bright he was as a football mind. He should have made Walsh the franchise coach though.

[@lightyagami3492]

@@ethanweeter2732 Agreed. Paul Brown should have made Bill Walsh his successor in Cincinnati. Not just because he was better but because later 2 of his 3 rings came at the expense of Cincinnati 💀

[@louismiscione1309]

You'll learn all about Paul Brown

[@ChipCheezey]

Fun fact about Ray Rhodes. He switched from WR to CB as a player and was eventually traded for fellow DB and future HC Tony Dungy. Good video man. Keep'em coming.👍

[@michaelm7560]

Chester Pittster is where this story starts. You should have counted all the post-war Miami of Ohio coaches in this also. Nice vid

[@ethanweeter2732]

Paul Brown is considered the father of football in my eyes. Definitely in Ohio. He is so revered in Ohio, Canton should have him inducted as a coach, pioneer, owner, and the Mt Rushmore of football.

[@matthewharmon7956]

The greatest.

[@Mvproszn]

Whether it is the West Coast offense, No Huddle offense, stripes on the unis, radio helmets, or touchdown celebrations, Bengals football is rooted in being a game changer so much so that it's not the same game, it's a different game. That's what I expect from Zac Taylor.

[@thepaulbrownshow3206]

The Paul Brown Legacy Position Coaches Plays from sideline Zone pass defense Sports booster clubs Timed 40-yard dash QB radio helmet Team playbook Face mask Classroom Taxi squad Game film Draw play IQ tests

[@TheMrSuge]

Paul Brown did not invent the face mask

[@glenwest1911]

Keep up the great work!!

[@r.jackson7162]

Should Bud Grant of the Vikings be included? He played for Brown at Great Lakes during the war.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Coaching tree is usually only if they coached for you in some capacity, including as a GA, I believe. If he was a GA, then for sure.

[@r.jackson7162]

@@ethanweeter2732 not really. Shula never coached for him but played for him like Bud Grant, Chuck Knoll, Lou Saban, Sam Wyshe, Bruce Coslet and others. They have been included as part of his tree.

[@lightyagami3492]

@@r.jackson7162 probably a stupid question but is Lou Saban Nick Sabans father?

[@TheMrSuge]

@@r.jackson7162 Shula is actually on Blanton Collier's coaching tree; Collier gave Shula his first coaching job at the University of Kentucky. Chuck Noll was on the coaching staffs of both Sid Gillman AND Don Shula, and can be placed on their coaching trees as well.

[@xman777b]

​@lightyagami3492 yes.

[@TheMrSuge]

You are slighting Blanton Collier's career: His coaching tree includes Nick Skorich on the NFL level, but at the University of Kentucky Collier employed Don Shula, Chuck Knox, Howard Schnellenberger & Bill Arnsparger. They all coached under Collier before going to the NFL. Shula and Arnsparger met while on Collier's staff at Kentucky and forged a coaching bond that continued for over a decade in the NFL In addition, he was also Schnellenberger's college coach (at Kentucky) and Arnsparger's high school coach (Paris, KY) Paul Brown never forgave Collier for replacing him as coach of the Browns and he never missed an opportunity to tell people that Collier's success was due entirely to his association with Paul Brown. As a result the NFL community, I believe, has never given Collier his due as a coach or an innovator (it was Collier, for example, that actually developed the procedure for watching and breaking down game film that is still in use today in the NFL. Brown took credit for that, though, because Blanton was on his staff when he did it)

[@devanwelch4049]

Thank you!

[@FootballAncestry]

Thank you for suggesting it!

[@camerondelamotte159]

we'll call it the paul brown trophy

[@camerondelamotte159]

cool video paul brown is the greatest coach ever

[@FootballAncestry]

Thanks! I appreciate it

[@ethanweeter2732]

I think without a doubt. NFL would never have been the NFL without Paul.

[@heatherschoonmaker9875]

The king did it he made the video

[@camerondelamotte159]

how many super bowl appearances from the tree only got 10 fingers and toes to count on

[@louismiscione1309]

Read the book "Genius" about Bill Walsh

[@rafaelsoltren7402]

How is this man not in the hall of fame?

[@caomhan84]

He is. He's been in the Hall of Fame for like 55 years.

[@lightyagami3492]

He is?

[@nobodyaskedbut]

The main reason you didn't think PB was in the HoF is because the NFL still doesn't like to talk much about PB, Otto Graham & the Browns because of what they did to their league in the very 1st year (1950). They beat TWO NFL champs that year. The 2-time defending champ Eagles in their very 1st game 35-10 in Philly & then the still record holding (38.8 PPG) Rams in the actual greatest game of all-time 30-28 in the '50 title game. The NFL won't acknowledge that much better & more historically significant game than the boring '58 game that they tried to jam down the throat of football fans to make them forget those incomparable Browns teams. They also refuse to recognize the Browns' undefeated-untied 1948 (15-0) team which was the 1st such pro team ever as well as all the stats of the AAFC which the Browns dominated just like they later did the NFL.

[@xman777b]

​@nobodyaskedbut damm right there's an anti-Paul Brown bias. It's Vince Lombardi this and that (and rightfully so). Not much on Brown tho..

[@camerondelamotte159]

for the Paul Brown trophy no offence to coach Lombardi

[@crosstatt7441]

No offense?! That’s a poor defense! I’m just playing with you! I respect them both.

[@JimTrussell]

Lol oh where did my comment go

[@justinmaccarthy8078]

But Brown sadly has some egg on his face because he blocked Walsh with poor referrals for numerous jobs, and when Brown stepped away he gave the Browns job to Bill Johnson, another Jan at Walsh

[@ToslowGaming]

Fooball

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

Paul Brown ONLY joined the AFL after the realization that they would then become an NFL team in 1970 He hated the AFL. That leaves a bad taste in my mouth about Brown.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Why? Paul was probably trying to stay independent or wanted what was best for his franchise and himself. He was stubborn as a mule, but that is likely why he won so much too. Having great players of course too helped make him a good coach as well of course.

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

@@ethanweeter2732 He LITERALLY said it...I'm not ASSUMING he said it.

[@camerondelamotte159]

whatever

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

@@camerondelamotte159 Another stunning contribution....

[@xman777b]

that's his right