Fumble : The Browns, Modell, & the Move(SIGNED)

This book explores the reasons behind the move of the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore, Maryland in 1996.

The author is the former executive vice president- treasurer of Cleveland Stadium Corp, a company formed by Browns owner Art Modell, to operate the stadium under a 25-year lease with the City of Cleveland. The book "Fumble !" chronicles the difficulties that went with operating the aging and obsolete city-owned stadium, as the writer describes from the many diaries and transaction summaries which he maintained since 1975. Along with the interesting tales of the conditions of the building and the other interesting events held there, Poplar also weaves in 20 years of Browns football memories under five head coaches........ranging from Forrest Gregg in 1975 through the end of the reign of Bill Belichick in 1996. The book is sure to rekindle fond memories of those exciting Kardiac Kids finishes, and the not-so-memorable climaxes, including the "Drive"and the "Fumble", along with the terminations of those five head coaches.