NFL: Paul Brown's dismissal stings 50 years later

... Bill Walsh and Chuck Noll. Brown had enjoyed autocratic control of the Browns until January 1961 when a group of New York investors, led by the 36-year-old Modell, bought the team for $4 million. As part of the deal, Brown sold his Browns stock for ...

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