 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaBrown vakasvika mumutambo wemakwikwi muna 1954 ndokukunda Shumba nokuda kwenyaya yechipiri yeNFL. Gillom akanga ane yechipiri-refu zvikurusa yepakati-yepakati yeligi yegore rechipiri mumutsetse. Imwezve shashayakatevera muna 1955. Pasinei nokuramba achirova, Gillom akaramba achingobhururuka mumakore ake okupedzisira, uye pakazosvika 1956 aifanira kukwikwidzana nevatambi vatsva kuti awane nzvimbo pachikwata. Pazera remakore 35, akanga ari mutambi mukuru weCleveland uye airwadziwa nomusana. Akapinda muchikwata asi akabudiswa pakupera kwemwaka muna November. Paakasiya mutambo, avhareji yake yekurova ye43.8 yards yaive yechipiri-yakanakisa munhoroondo yeNFL kuseri kwaSammy Baughs 45.1 yards. Haana kumboita pasi pe41.2 yards per punt uye akanga ari pakati pevatatu vepamusoro-soro muligi rake mumakore matanhatu emakore masere paakarova nguva yakazara. Nemhaka yokuti mapundu ake akanga akareba uye akakwirira zvikuru, kudzorera mapundu kwavapikisi kwakanga kwakaganhurirwa. Akapfura kanopfuura ka400 kubva pakutanga kwebasa rake asati adzorerwa kamwe chete nokuda kwedhodho. Akanga ariwo mugumo unobatsira, achiita 43 kugamuchira paakatamba nzvimbo yacho kwenguva muna 1948 na1949. Brown akarumbidza mano ake akasiyana-siyana, achimuti mutambi akanakisisa wandakadzidzisa paMassillon uye achiti akabudirira pane zvose zvaakaita. 