There is an “AL” emblem in the stripes of the sleeves in honor of the late Al Lerner, team owner that resurrected the Browns in 1999.
Al Lerner was born on May 8, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of an immigrant candy shop owner. He graduated from Columbia University, and he then entered the business world. His first job was selling furniture. Lerner earned just seventy-five dollars per week in this position.
Eventually Lerner amassed one of the largest fortunes in the world, totaling 4.3 billion dollars in 2002. From furniture sales, Lerner moved to real estate. His first purchase was an apartment building in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1991, Lerner became a ten percent owner of MBNA Credit Corporation. He served as this business's chief executive officer until his death on October 23, 2002.
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In latest buzz, a dozen Browns players took a knee in prayer during the national anthem before Monday night's preseason game against the New York Giants. While the group knelt behind the bench, several other players placed a hand on a kneeling teammate's shoulder in support.
"There's a lot of racial and social injustices in the world that are going on right now," rookie safety Jabrill Peppers said after the Browns' second win in two preseason games. "We just decided to take a knee and pray for the people who have been affected and just pray for the world in general." Read more at ESPN.
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