Cincinnati Bengals coach Paul Brown operates a movie projector beside which he spends many hours each week going over films of the Bengal's and their opponents. He was named the Associated Press Coach of the Year of the AFL in Cincinnati on Dec. 11, 1969. Brown, one of football's most successful coaches, is a stickler for fundamentals and precision. (AP Photo/Harvey Eugene Smith)

The Cleveland Browns lift their coach, Paul Brown, onto their shoulders after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 21-7 in Cleveland, Dec. 11, 1949. Players, from left, are Lou Rymkus (44), George Young (52), Edgar Jones, holding Brown, and Lou Saban (20). (Associated Press)

Coach Paul Brown, wearing baseball cap at lower left, poses with Cleveland Browns players, Dec. 23, 1952, who will be ending their seventh season Sunday in an NFL championship game against the Detroit Lions. At front, left to right: Coach Brown, Dante Lavelli, Lin Houston, Frank Gatski, and George Young. Standing, left to right: Marion Motley, Otto Graham, Mac Speedie, Lou Groza, and Bill Willis. (AP Photo/Julian Wilson)

Pictured at the All-American Football Conference meeting on Dec. 18, 1948, in Cleveland, Ohio, are (left to right) Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns general manager and coach; Anthony Morabito, owner of the San Francisco 49ers; and B. F. Lindheimer of the Los Angeles Dons (Associated Press)

Cleveland Browns players cheered in their dressing room after their 56-10 victory over the Detroit Lions which brought them the National Football League title on Dec. 26, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio. Coach Paul Brown is at center background wearing a hat. Quarterback Otto Graham stands immediately to the right of Brown. (Associated Press)

Cleveland Browns' coach Paul Brown is pictured during a game against the New York Giants' at Yankee Stadium in New York on Dec. 14, 1958. The Giants won the game, 13-10, to move into first place tie in the Eastern Division of the National Football League with the Browns. (Associated Press)

Cleveland Browns coach Paul Brown is carried by football fans from gridiron to dressing room following the Browns' 14-9 victory over the New York Yankees at Cleveland, Ohio, on Dec. 22, 1946. The Browns take the All-America Conference championship title. (Associated Press)

Coach Paul Brown, center, of the Cleveland Browns, is pictured with quarterback Otto Graham, left, and tackle Lou Rymkus. The Browns have just won the All-America Conference title for the second straight year by defeating the New York Yankees 14-3 at Yankee Stadium in New York City, Dec. 14, 1947. (Associated Press)

Paul Brown, left foreground, Cleveland Browns coach, and Browns owner Mickey McBride exchange congratulations as members of the team cheer in the Browns' dressing room after defeating the New York Yankees, 14-3, to take their second straight All-America Conference championship at the Yankee Stadium in New York City, Dec. 14, 1947. At left is Bob Gaudio (34), and at right is Ed Ulinski (36), both guards. Others are unidentified. (Associated Press)

Coaches of the eight All-America Football Conference teams met in Cleveland, Ohio, on Dec. 21, 1948, to draft players for the next year. Seated are AAC commissioner Jonas Ingram, left, and coach Paul Brown of the Cleveland Browns. Left to right in the back are coaches Robert Shaw (San Francisco 49ers), Cecil Isbell (Baltimore Colts), Lowell Dawson (Buffalo Bisons), Carl Yoyles (Brooklyn Dodgers), Ed McKeever (Chicago Rockets), Jim Phelan (Los Angeles Dons), and Norm Strader (New York Yankees). (AP Photo/Julian C. Wilson)

Commissioner Bert Bell, center, seated, holds hat while representative of eligible NFL teams, reach out in bonus draw in Chicago, Jan. 18, 1951. New York Giants, represented by John Mara (fourth from left, standing) won draw and chose Kyle Rote, Southern Methodist halfback. Standing (left to right): Dan Reeves, Los Angeles Rams; Emil Fisher, Green Bay Packers; John Michelsen, Pittsburgh Steelers; Mara; Victor Morabito, San Francisco 49ers, Norm Strader, New York Yanks. Seated (left to right): Ray Bennigson, Chicago Cardinals; Bell, and Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns. (AP Photo/Charles Knoblock)

The Cleveland Browns defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers on at a game in Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1954, to win the NFL divisional championship. Coach Paul Brown, right, poses with some of the players in the dressing room after the game. From left to right they are Pete Brewster, Lou Groza, Chuck Noll, and Otto Graham. (AP Photo/Julian C. Wilson)

Cleveland Browns coach Paul Brown, left, talks with a player on the sidelines near the end of an upset victory over the New York Giants in rainy and muddy conditions at Yankee Stadium, New York City, on Dec. 10, 1956. The Browns topped the Giants 24-7, preventing the New Yorkers from capturing the NFL Eastern Division title. (AP Photo)

Cincinnati Bengals coach Paul Brown, left, and offensive line coach Bill Johnson, connected to the press box coachs' phone, apparently didn't like what they saw in the first quarter of an NFL game with the Atlanta Falcons in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 1971. (AP Photo/Gene Smith)

Cincinnati Bengals general manager Paul Brown, right, has a talk with quarterback Kenny Anderson during a break in practice, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1982 at the Super Bowl XVI site in Pontiac, Michigan. (Associated Press)

Cleveland Browns end Dante Lavelli (86), fullback Marion Motley (36), tackle Lou Groza (76), quarterback Otto Graham (14), Frank Gatski (52) and head coach Paul Brown pose for a photo on Aug.1, 1953 in Cleveland. (Pro Football Hall of Fame)

Paul Brown, president of Cincinnati Bengals AFL football team, poses for photos in January 1968. (Associated Press)

General view of the stadium exterior and a plaque honoring founding father, former coach/owner, and team namesake Paul Brown prior to the game against the New Orleans Saints at Cleveland Browns Stadium on September 10, 2006 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Saints defeated the Browns 19-14. (AP Photo/Paul Spinelli)

Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown, shown standing with his father and Bengals founder, Paul Brown, right, during practice at Spinney Field in Cincinnati, Dec. 12, 1986, made an agreement with Hamilton County officials to name the Bengals new stadium after his father. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Fans begin to fill Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Friday, Aug. 19, 2000, just prior to the Cincinnati Bengals game with the Chicago Bears. It was the first game played in the new stadium. Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown (not pictured) and Bengals founder, Paul Brown (not pictured), made an agreement with Hamilton County officials to name the Bengals new stadium after Paul Brown prior to his death. (AP Photo/David Kohl)