What's new at the Mu? New Paul Brown exhibit shows never-seen items

Margy Vogt
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Paul Brown reviewing film, c. 1938. Reproduction of original gelatin silver print. Gift of the Massillon Tiger Football Booster Club. Collection of the Massillon Museum.
Paul Brown reviewing film, c. 1938. Reproduction of original gelatin silver print. Gift of the Massillon Tiger Football Booster Club. Collection of the Massillon Museum.
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A new exhibition, “A Way to Win: Paul Brown’s Innovations,” in the Paul Brown Museum within the Massillon Museum illustrates the influence of Brown’s ideas and implementation that continue in football today.

Highlights of the exhibition

Among artifacts that have not previously been displayed in the Massillon Museum are Brown's Great Lakes Naval Academy sideline jacket; game film from the 1930s; Ohio State University locker room posters; original artwork commissioned for Paul Brown during his lifetime, as well as the official portrait created for the OSU Athletic Hall of Fame induction by Westerville artist Greg Storer.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has loaned a ball warmer, Lucite face mask, camera, lens and tripod used by the official cameraman for the Cleveland Browns from 1946 to 1983, and a Cleveland Browns football helmet for “A Way to Win.” Private collectors have loaned the projector used by Paul Brown in Massillon from 1935 to 1940 (then used by Massillon coaches through the late 1940s), George "Red" Bird's formation book for the Musical Majorettes, a Musical Majorettes travel sweater, and original Cleveland Browns playbook plays and scout reports.

Interactive components include a chalkboard wall where guests can develop their own plays; a 1940 Massillon vs Canton McKinley game film; QR codes providing access for a Paul Brown locker room lecture to the Cincinnati Bengals in 1975, film footage of George "Red" Bird's Musical Majorettes, the Cleveland Browns fight song written by George "Red" Bird specifically for the Musical Majorettes, and the Massillon Tigers Football Booster Club website; and a scavenger hunt.

More information

“A Way to Win” visitors can also see the Paul Brown/Massillon Tigers Football History Timeline and many other history and art galleries in the Massillon Museum.

Details

WHAT – New Paul Brown Museum Exhibition, “A Way to Win: Paul Brown’s Innovations.”

WHEN – Now through Jan. 7.

WHERE – 121 Lincoln Way East, Downtown Massillon.

MORE – massillonmuseum.org/fun-fest or 330-833-4061

"Playbook," by Gary Harwood (Kent, Ohio). Digital photograph. 2014. Courtesy of the artist. Collection of the Massillon Museum.
"Playbook," by Gary Harwood (Kent, Ohio). Digital photograph. 2014. Courtesy of the artist. Collection of the Massillon Museum.

This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: What's new at the Mu? New Paul Brown exhibit shows never-seen items