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	Search results for Willis, Bill    Refine your search Type Black-and-white Photog... (7) Creator Bottomer, Fred (3) Acme Photo (1) Moore, Lou (1) Nash, John (1) Acme Newspictures (New... (1) Date 1946-12-24 (1) 1949-12-29 (1) 1951-08-01 (1) 1951-11-28 (1) 1951-12-14 (1) Show more... results 1-7 of 7 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Cleveland Browns Lin Houston, Bill Willis, and Guard Coach Fritz Heisler Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Willis, Bill; Houston, Lin; Heisler, Fritz "The Cleveland Browns were the first professional football team to integrate when Paul Brown signed Bill Willis and Marion Motley. These two men became vital parts of the team and family members to the... 2. Bill Willis and Horace Gillom, 1952 Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1952); Willis, Bill; Gillom, Horace "After watching the success of Motley and Willis, and Jackie Robinson in baseball, the floodgates opened for black players in both the AAFC and the NFL. Horace Gillom (right), pictured with Bill Willis,... 3. Sleigh ride from Cleveland Browns Bill Willis, 1951 Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1951); Heisler, Fritz; Willis, Bill; Houston, Lin "SLEIGH RIDE outside Snow Stadium is what Assistant Coach Fritz Heisler of the Cleveland Browns received from Guards Bill Willis (left) and Lin Houston when he rode the tackling dummy during a wintry work-out... 4. Seven Browns, 1951 Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1951); Ford, Leonard Lenny; Palmer, Darrell; Sandusky, John; Willis, Bill; Grigg, Chubby; Kissel, John; Young, George; Some faces from 1951 as this group of seven lines up for a photo. From left, Len Ford, Darrell Palmer, John Sandusky, Bill Willis, Chubby Grigg, John Kissel and George Young. 5. Motley and Willis, 1946 Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946); Motley, Marion; Willis, Bill Marion Motley and Bill Willis celebrate in the locker room after the Cleveland Browns won the AAFC championship game 14-9 over the New York Yankees, 12/24/1946. 6. Spotlight: Bill Willis Willis, Bill; Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1951) "It didn't take [Head Coach Paul] Brown long to demonstrate his intention to cross the longtime professional football color barrier. Not only did Willis make the team, he launched an eight-year career... 7. Paul Brown and players on sideline in the rain, Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions, 1952 Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1952); Lahr, Warren; Brown, Paul E.; Renfro, Ray; Willis, Bill; Sharkey, Ed Head Coach Paul Brown and Browns stand in the rain as they study the game from the sidelines. Pictured here are Warren Lahr (#24, Left, on one knee), Head Coach Paul Brown (kneeling, looking straight at... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-7 of 7 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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