17 browns are in the hall of fame.
how many browns are in the hall of fame?
17
the cleveland browns have the fourth largest number of players enshrined in the pro football hall of fame with a total of 16 enshrined players elected based on their performance with the browns, and eight more players or coaches elected who spent at least one year with the browns franchise. no browns players were inducted in the inaugural induction class of 1963. otto graham was the first browns player to be enshrined as a member of the class of 1965, and the most recent browns player to be included in the pro football hall of fame is gene hickerson, who was a member of the class of 2007. all of the browns' pro football hall of fame inductees thus far have been from the pre-1996 incarnation; no members of the hall of fame played for the browns after 1999.
cleveland browns
however, many browns fans and cleveland city officials were determined to keep the team in cleveland, and orchestrated a grassroots movement to keep the team in cleveland. the nfl responded by working with city officials, and the two parties came to a unique agreement which would provide the city with a brand-new, state-of-the-art stadium and would promise the return of professional football to cleveland by the beginning of the 1999 season. modell also agreed to relinquish the browns' name, colors and team history to the new owner of the browns. modell's new team would begin playing in the 1996 season as the baltimore ravens.
1999 cleveland browns season