Will the Browns Change Their Colors Again

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The 1946 Browns entered the brand-new All-America Football Conference with white uniforms, featuring white helmets, brown and orange stripes on the sleeves and socks, and brown cake numbers with an orangish drop shadow. The Browns wouldn't wear a drib shadow on their uniforms again until 2002.

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Paul Brown (center right) observes with a group of his players on the sideline during a 1946 game.

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(Left to right) Otto Graham, Dante Lavelli, Paul Brown and Mac Speedie pose for a locker room photo during the 1946 season.

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Marion Motley carries the ball during a game.

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Players collide well-nigh the goal line during the 1948 AAFC Title Game played betwixt the Browns and the Buffalo Bills.

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The Browns exclusively wore a white helmet during their run of authorization in the AAFC from 1946-1949 before incorporating an orange helmet. They switched to the orange helmet permanently in 1952.

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The Browns beginning wore this orangish helmet with a single white stripe down the center starting in 1952. Besides during that season, the NFL standardized its number organization, requiring players such equally quarterback Otto Graham to drastically change their bailiwick of jersey numbers. Graham switched from wearing No. sixty to No. 14.

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This unique photograph shows Otto Graham with his new number, inverse to fit newly implemented NFL numbering standards, but wearing the white helmet the Browns left backside in 1951.

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Otto Graham in game action, wearing the team'southward new orange helmet with a single white stripe.

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Lou Groza (76) runs upfield looking for an opponent to block during a game.

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Lou Groza (76) watches in the distance as Darrel "Pete" Brewster falls about the goal line during a game.

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The Browns added brown numbers to both sides of their helmets starting in the 1957 flavor.

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Browns running dorsum Jim Brown (left) carries the ball during a game.

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Jim Brown avoids a would-be tackler in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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The Browns added dark-brown numbers to both sides of their helmets starting in the 1957 season. Hither, Jim Brownish carries the ball while wearing No. 32 on both his jersey and helmet.

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The Browns added two brown stripes on each side of the white center stripe in 1960, and ditched the helmet numbers in 1961.

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The Browns added two brown stripes on each side of the white center stripe in 1960, and ditched the helmet numbers in 1961.

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Jim Brown carries the ball during a game against the Washington Redskins.

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Jim Brown stands on the sideline during a Browns game.

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Jim Brown attempts to evade a defender during a game against the Dallas Cowboys.

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Jim Chocolate-brown runs through the New York defense during a game confronting the Giants.

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Jim Brown carries the ball in a 1965 game against the New York Giants.

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Eventual Hall of Famer Leroy Kelly runs with the ball during a game confronting the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Lou Groza attempts a kick during a game.

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Leroy Kelly carries the ball during a game against the Dallas Cowboys.

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Lou Groza (76) attempts a boot during a game.

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The Browns began tinkering with the spacing of their sleeve stripes in 1968, first with the brown bailiwick of jersey. In 1969, they added thin white stripes betwixt the brown and orangish stripes, a expect that lasted until 1984.

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The Browns began tinkering with the spacing of their sleeve stripes in 1968, first with the brown bailiwick of jersey. In 1969, they added thin white stripes between the chocolate-brown and orange stripes, a look that lasted until 1984. Here, Leroy Kelly runs with the ball during a game.

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The Browns began tinkering with the spacing of their sleeve stripes in 1968, first with the brown jersey. In 1969, they added sparse white stripes between the brown and orangish stripes, a look that lasted until 1984. Here, Leroy Kelly runs with the ball during a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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The Browns began tinkering with the spacing of their sleeve stripes in 1968, start with the brown jersey. In 1969, they added sparse white stripes between the dark-brown and orange stripes, a look that lasted until 1984. Here, quarterback Mike Phipps easily the ball to running back Leroy Kelly.

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Hi, orange. The Browns debuted orangish pants in 1975, wearing them exclusively until 1984. In this image, quarterback Brian Sipe throws a pass while protected by tackle Cody Risien during a game against the San Diego Chargers at Jack Tater on September 25, 1983 in San Diego, California. The Browns won 30-24 in overtime. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Brian Sipe (17) calls a play in the huddle during a game against the Houston Oilers on Dec. 3, 1981 at the Astrodome in Houston. (Al Messerschmidt via AP)

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Brian Sipe (17) hands the brawl to running dorsum Cleo Miller (30) during an NFL game confronting the Houston Oilers Sept. thirteen, 1981, in Cleveland. (Tony Tomsic via AP)

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The Browns debuted orange pants in 1975, wearing them exclusively until 1984. In this photograph, Mike Pruitt (43) runs with the ball during a game confronting the Colts.

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The Browns debuted orange pants in 1975, wearing them exclusively until 1984. In this photo, Mike Pruitt (43) runs with the ball during a game against the Seahawks.

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The Browns debuted orange pants in 1975, wearing them exclusively until 1984. In this photo, Mike Pruitt (43) runs with the ball during a game confronting the Bengals.

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Mike Pruitt (43) runs with the ball during a game against the Los Angeles Rams.

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1984 brings radical alter to Cleveland, starting with a new brown jersey with orange numbers, worn here by quarterback Paul McDonald during a preseason game against the Steelers.

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The new, orange-numbered tiptop was so unpopular, the team switched to white numbers with an orange outline in time for the regular season. Too different in the uniforms: white facemasks, a different stripe set on the sleeves and wider, reversed stripes on the pants.

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The new, orange-numbered top was and then unpopular, the team switched to white numbers with an orangish outline in time for the regular season. Also different in the uniforms: white facemasks, a different stripe assail the sleeves and wider, reversed stripes on the pants.

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The new road uniform included orange socks, an orange outline on the brownish numbers and a new triple-striped sleeve following an orange-brown-orangish pattern that, oddly enough, was the reverse of the new pants stripe.

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The new road uniform included orange socks, an orange outline on the chocolate-brown numbers and a new triple-striped sleeve post-obit an orange-brown-orange pattern that, oddly plenty, was the reverse of the new pants stripe.

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The new road uniform included orange socks, an orange outline on the brownish numbers and a new triple-striped sleeve following an orange-chocolate-brown-orangish pattern that, oddly enough, was the reverse of the new pants stripe.

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The new road uniform included orange socks, an orange outline on the brown numbers and a new triple-striped sleeve following an orange-brown-orange pattern that, oddly enough, was the reverse of the new pants stripe.

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The new road uniform included orange socks, an orange outline on the brownish numbers and a new triple-striped sleeve following an orange-brown-orange design that, oddly enough, was the opposite of the new pants stripe.

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The 1984 change lasted just one flavour before the Browns returned to their more than traditional await, bringing the white facemask along with them. Orangish receded into a secondary role for the next 15 years, as the team relied more on a white-ascendant look that harkened back to the lodge'southward earliest days.

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Browns receivers Reggie Langhorne (88) and Webster Slaughter (84) celebrate during a game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Ozzie Newsome (82) of the Cleveland Browns carries the brawl upfield during the game against the San Diego Chargers on September 14,1990. (Photo by: Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

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Cleveland Browns tight end Ozzie Newsome (82) hauls in a 5 yard touchdown pass equally New York Jets George Radachowsky in this Sept. 17, 1989 photo in Cleveland. Newsome was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday, Jan. xxx, 1999. (AP Photo/Marking Duncan)

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While many teams opted to wearable throwbacks for the NFL's 75-year anniversary in 1994, the Browns stuck to their current sets with the 75th anniversary patch added to the left chest.

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When the Browns returned to the NFL equally an expansion franchise in 1999, they commemorated their rebirth with a special patch and moved the uniform's boob tube numbers from the sleeve to the shoulder.

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When the Browns returned to the NFL as an expansion franchise in 1999, they commemorated their rebirth with a special patch and moved the uniform's television numbers from the sleeve to the shoulder.

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When the Browns returned to the NFL every bit an expansion franchise in 1999, they commemorated their rebirth with a special patch and moved the compatible'south television numbers from the sleeve to the shoulder.

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Orange returned with authority as the team's alternate jersey in 2002 as the NFL encouraged teams to adopt a third top. The brown drib shadow on the white numbers served equally an informal nod to the squad's offset uniform in its history. The jersey was also a callback to the orange tops with which the Browns experimented during preseason games in the mid-1950s.

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Orange returned with authority as the team'south alternate bailiwick of jersey in 2002 as the NFL encouraged teams to adopt a third tiptop.

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The team's embracing of orange grew during the following season, when the franchise welcomed back the orangish pants made popular from 1975-1983. The Browns wore these pants during a Sunday night game against the Steelers in 2003, which they won 33-13 in front of a national television audience.

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The orangish pants weren't as successful when paired with the brown abode jerseys in 2003. The Browns fell to the St. Louis Rams 26-20 in a Monday night contest in Cleveland.

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The Browns mixed in another slight change in 2003, adding a thin white stripe between the brown and orange stripes on the pants worn with the brown jerseys at home. These alternate white pants made occasional appearances in the mid-2000s. They as well had a set without the thin white stripe that were worn on the road (and sometimes at home, besides).

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The orange jerseys lasted just iii seasons and the orange pants merely two campaigns before the Browns went back to the white pants exclusive look in 2005. That set up bigger changes in 2006 every bit the squad celebrated its 60th anniversary of its inception.

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In a very emphatic nod to the Browns' roots, the squad went back to gray facemasks, orangish-brown-orangish striping on the pants, a slightly darker brown bailiwick of jersey and the original sleeve striping worn by the team from 1946-1968. These uniforms would eventually expand to include solid brown pants worn intermittently virtually the start of the 2010s.

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In a very emphatic nod to the Browns' roots, the team went dorsum to grey facemasks, orangish-dark-brown-orange striping on the pants, a slightly darker brown jersey and the original sleeve striping worn by the team from 1946-1968. These uniforms would somewhen expand to include solid brown pants worn intermittently near the kickoff of the 2010s.

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In a very emphatic nod to the Browns' roots, the team went back to gray facemasks, orange-brown-orange striping on the pants, a slightly darker brown jersey and the original sleeve striping worn by the team from 1946-1968. These uniforms would eventually aggrandize to include solid brown pants worn intermittently near the commencement of the 2010s.

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The Browns bankrupt out the all-chocolate-brown look for the kickoff fourth dimension in franchise history for a Thursday night game against the Buffalo Bills in 2013.

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The Browns broke out the all-brownish look for the first time in franchise history for a Th night game against the Buffalo Bills in 2013.

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The Browns also bankrupt out a throwback uniform honoring the 1957-1959 teams

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The Browns besides broke out a throwback uniform honoring the 1957-1959 teams

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the class of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orangish, white), three sets of pants (chocolate-brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (chocolate-brown, orange), as well as a more than vibrant orange, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic print inside the brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the city name of Cleveland across the breast and the squad nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpet event at the Cleveland Convention Center in April of 2015.

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed past Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orangish, white), iii sets of pants (brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (brown, orange), as well equally a more vibrant orange, a matte terminate to the helmet, a graphic impress within the dark-brown helmet stripes, a dark-brown facemask, the city name of Cleveland across the breast and the team nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-rug event at the Cleveland Convention Center in April of 2015.

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Radical modify arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly dissimilar uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included three jerseys (dark-brown, orange, white), three sets of pants (chocolate-brown, orangish, white) and two pairs of socks (dark-brown, orangish), as well equally a more vibrant orange, a matte end to the helmet, a graphic print inside the brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the urban center proper noun of Cleveland across the chest and the team nickname of Browns downward the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-rug effect at the Cleveland Convention Center in Apr of 2015.

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Radical modify arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly dissimilar uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included 3 jerseys (brown, orange, white), three sets of pants (brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (brown, orange), as well every bit a more vibrant orange, a matte end to the helmet, a graphic print inside the brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the city proper noun of Cleveland across the chest and the squad nickname of Browns downward the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpeting event at the Cleveland Convention Center in Apr of 2015.

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the grade of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orange, white), iii sets of pants (brown, orangish, white) and 2 pairs of socks (brown, orange), besides as a more vibrant orange, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic print within the dark-brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the city name of Cleveland across the breast and the team nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpet issue at the Cleveland Convention Center in Apr of 2015.

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orangish, white), iii sets of pants (brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (dark-brown, orange), likewise as a more vibrant orange, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic print inside the dark-brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the city name of Cleveland across the breast and the squad nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpet event at the Cleveland Convention Center in Apr of 2015.

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Radical alter arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orangish, white), three sets of pants (chocolate-brown, orangish, white) and two pairs of socks (chocolate-brown, orange), too as a more vibrant orangish, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic impress within the brownish helmet stripes, a brownish facemask, the metropolis name of Cleveland beyond the chest and the team nickname of Browns downwards the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orangish-carpet consequence at the Cleveland Convention Centre in April of 2015.

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly dissimilar uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orange, white), three sets of pants (chocolate-brown, orange, white) and ii pairs of socks (brown, orange), as well every bit a more vibrant orange, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic print within the chocolate-brown helmet stripes, a brownish facemask, the city name of Cleveland beyond the breast and the squad nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpeting event at the Cleveland Convention Center in Apr of 2015.

Matt Starkey

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included 3 jerseys (brown, orange, white), three sets of pants (brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (brownish, orange), equally well as a more vibrant orange, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic print inside the brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the city name of Cleveland across the breast and the squad nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpet outcome at the Cleveland Convention Centre in April of 2015.

Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the class of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed past Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brownish, orange, white), iii sets of pants (brown, orange, white) and ii pairs of socks (chocolate-brown, orange), too as a more vibrant orangish, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic print inside the brown helmet stripes, a dark-brown facemask, the city name of Cleveland across the chest and the squad nickname of Browns downwards the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpet event at the Cleveland Convention Heart in Apr of 2015.

Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the grade of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included 3 jerseys (brown, orange, white), iii sets of pants (brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (brown, orange), as well as a more than vibrant orange, a matte end to the helmet, a graphic print within the brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the metropolis name of Cleveland across the chest and the team nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orangish-carpet event at the Cleveland Convention Center in April of 2015.

Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included iii jerseys (chocolate-brown, orange, white), three sets of pants (chocolate-brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (brown, orange), as well as a more vibrant orange, a matte end to the helmet, a graphic impress inside the brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the city name of Cleveland beyond the chest and the team nickname of Browns downward the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpet event at the Cleveland Convention Middle in April of 2015.

Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the grade of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included 3 jerseys (brown, orange, white), three sets of pants (brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (brown, orangish), besides equally a more vibrant orangish, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic impress inside the brown helmet stripes, a brownish facemask, the urban center proper noun of Cleveland across the chest and the team nickname of Browns downwards the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orangish-carpet issue at the Cleveland Convention Center in April of 2015.

Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orangish, white), iii sets of pants (brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (dark-brown, orange), as well as a more vibrant orange, a matte end to the helmet, a graphic impress inside the brownish helmet stripes, a brownish facemask, the city name of Cleveland beyond the chest and the team nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orangish-carpeting event at the Cleveland Convention Eye in April of 2015.

Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the class of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brownish, orange, white), three sets of pants (brown, orangish, white) and two pairs of socks (dark-brown, orangish), as well every bit a more than vibrant orange, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic impress inside the brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the city proper name of Cleveland across the chest and the team nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpet event at the Cleveland Convention Heart in Apr of 2015.

Matt Starkey

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Radical alter arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed by Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orangish, white), three sets of pants (dark-brown, orange, white) and two pairs of socks (dark-brown, orangish), as well every bit a more vibrant orange, a matte finish to the helmet, a graphic impress within the brown helmet stripes, a brown facemask, the city proper noun of Cleveland beyond the chest and the squad nickname of Browns downwardly the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-rug event at the Cleveland Convention Center in April of 2015.

Matt Starkey

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed past Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orange, white), three sets of pants (brown, orangish, white) and 2 pairs of socks (chocolate-brown, orangish), every bit well as a more than vibrant orangish, a matte cease to the helmet, a graphic print inside the brown helmet stripes, a dark-brown facemask, the urban center name of Cleveland across the chest and the squad nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-rug event at the Cleveland Convention Eye in April of 2015.

Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns

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Radical change arrived in 2015 in the form of significantly different uniforms manufactured and designed past Nike. The sets included three jerseys (brown, orange, white), three sets of pants (brown, orangish, white) and ii pairs of socks (brownish, orangish), also as a more than vibrant orange, a matte end to the helmet, a graphic print inside the chocolate-brown helmet stripes, a dark-brown facemask, the city proper name of Cleveland across the chest and the team nickname of Browns down the side of the pants. The new duds were revealed at an orange-carpeting event at the Cleveland Convention Heart in Apr of 2015.

Matt Starkey

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