the cleveland browns have won 4 aafc championships.
the cleveland browns have won 4 aafc championships.
how many aafc championships have the cleveland browns won?
4
the cleveland browns were a charter member club of the all-america football conference (aafc) when the league was founded in 1946. from 1946 to 1949, the browns won each of the league’s four championships. the national football league (nfl) does not recognize the browns’ aafc championships, the pro football hall of fame "does" recognize the team’s championships, which is reflected in this list. when the aafc folded in 1949, the browns were absorbed into the nfl in . the browns went on to win three nfl championships, nearly dominating the nfl in the 1950s, and won one more nfl championship in 1964. the team has yet to appear in a super bowl, however. overall, the team has won eight championships: four in the aafc, and four in the nfl.
list of cleveland browns seasons
the dissolution of the aafc left 13 professional football teams in the u.s., a significant reduction from the 17 in existence the year before. that resulted in a large pool of players without teams. as part of the aafc and nfl owners' peace deal, the browns and the aafc's buffalo bills reached an agreement under which the browns would get the rights to guard abe gibron, defensive tackle john kissell and halfback rex bumgardner. in exchange, bills owner james breuil got an ownership stake in the browns. similar deals were made between former aafc owners and nfl teams in los angeles and new york city. the players left over after those deals were entered into a special draft from which the browns selected defensive end len ford from the los angeles dons and linebacker hal herring from the bills. gibron went on to a 10-year pro career, kissell was a starter for the browns for six seasons, and herring played for three years. ford, a tall and hard-hitting pass-rusher, became one of the top defensive ends of his era. he was inducted into the pro football hall of fame in 1976.
1950 cleveland browns season