After writing about Ronnie Woo Woo Wickers from the Chicago Cubs, it got me thinking about another fanatic who used to be at Cleveland Browns games...the younger generation will not remember Abe Abraham, The Man in the Brown Suit...the blog, Indian Fever had a nice little write up about The Man in the Brown Suit and his devotion to the Cleveland Browns...Not an Indian oddity but certainly worth mentioning, Abe Abraham was perhaps the most popular non-player in Browns history, until Big Dawg John Thompson came along. Abraham was affectionately known as "The Man in the Brown Suit" during his days with the team. Abe's main duty was retrieving extra point and field goal tries behind the goalposts in the closed end of the stadium. On September 20, 1964, Abe missed the start of the Browns-Cardinals game, the first and only time he was ever late for a game. When he finally arrived at the stadium, he received a louder ovation than many of the Browns players themselves. Later, Abe claimed that he was late because he couldn't find those famous Brown pants.
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I always inspired by you, your thoughts and attitude, again, appreciate for this nice post.
- Norman
Lou Abraham is my husbands grandfather :-) I am in the process of going through old family photographs of his and found some great ones of Lou! If there's any interest I would love to share them.
in 1972 Abe was my Brothers and I guest at Ford Jr. high football Banquet. My father new him from Cleveland Hopkins airport .. Our father would repair all the boilers there... Abe was the guy that made sure our Dad's co. was able to get into every part of the airport they needed to... My father did not like football but one night he told us he knew Abe ... We didn't believe him :) So he took us to work with him and that is where we first met Abe... We asked him then if he wanted to come to our Banquet and he was more than happy to ... He was a great Man
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