The Cleveland Browns have had a difficult week, and it has nothing to do with anything that happened on the football field.
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Last weekend, the former voice of the Cleveland Browns, Jim Donovan, passed away at the age of 68 after a long battle with cancer. Even though Donovan never played a snap for the team, he was loved by every fan like a Super Bowl-winning quarterback.
Donovan was also one of the greatest humans. He always put a smile on everyone’s face, and the entire world will miss him.
The Cleveland Browns got some more tragic news on Saturday that one of their former players passed away at the age of 99.
Cleveland Browns Former Halfback Passes Away
The Cleveland Browns stated that former halfback William Augustus “Dub” Jones passed away on Saturday, and he spent eight seasons with the team from 1948-55.
Dub Jones, a Browns Legend who shares the NFL record for touchdowns scored in a single game, has passed away at the age of 99.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
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Jones set an NFL Record in 1951, scoring six touchdowns in a game against the Bears. No player in NFL history has been able to break it, but a few have been able to tie it.
Here is the full statement the Cleveland Browns released on the passing of Dub Jones.
William Augustus “Dub” Jones, who played eight seasons with Browns from 1948-55, died early Saturday morning at the age of 99.
He is survived by four sons, three daughters, 22 grandchildren, 48 great grandchildren and his wife, Schump, whom he met in junior high school in Ruston, Louisiana.
Jones was born in 1924 in Arcadia, Louisiana and played college football at LSU before transferring to Tulane in 1944. His professional football career began in 1946, when he joined the Miami Seahawks in the All-America Football Conference’s inaugural season.
Jones joined the Browns in 1948, their third year in the AAFC, and was a part of the Browns’ first season in the NFL in 1950.
Jones was both a receiving and rushing threat, finishing his career with 41 total touchdowns and over 5,000 yards from scrimmage. He was a key part of the Browns teams that won NFL championships in 1950, 1954 and 1955 and was a two-time Pro Bowler. In 1951, Jones set an NFL record that has yet to be broken, scoring six total touchdowns in Cleveland’s win over the Bears. Only Ernie Nevers, Gale Sayers and Alvin Kamara share Jones’ record.
Eight years after retiring from professional football, Jones returned to the Browns as an assistant coach in 1963. Jones called the offense for the Browns and stayed on the Browns coaching staff until 1968.
Jones was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1982 and the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1984. He was inducted into the Browns Legends program in 2004.
