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We are doing a countdown to the Cleveland Browns' first regular season game against the New York Jets, which is on September 13, 2015. For each day we are counting down, we will try to find a photo of a current or past member of the Browns in that uniform, and we'll also list the players who have donned that jersey in the past.
As of Sunday, we are just 70 days away from the Browns' regular season opener. No. 70 is currently represented by offensive lineman Vinston Painter. Prior to Painter, the number has not been represented by too many players who have gone on to have prestigious careers with the club. In fact, the longest period a player has worn the jersey is four years, and that's happened only once. Here is the list of players who have worn No. 70 in the history of the franchise, per Pro Football Reference:
From | To | AV | |
Emerson Cole | 1950 | 1951 | 0 |
John Kissell | 1952 | 1952 | 0 |
Don Colo | 1953 | 1958 | 0 |
Fran O'Brien | 1959 | 1959 | 0 |
Jim Prestel | 1960 | 1960 | 2 |
Errol Linden | 1961 | 1961 | 2 |
John Brown | 1962 | 1966 | 17 |
Joe Righetti | 1969 | 1970 | 6 |
Mack Mitchell | 1975 | 1978 | 16 |
Andy Frederick | 1982 | 1982 | 1 |
Thomas Hopkins | 1983 | 1983 | 0 |
Larry Williams | 1986 | 1988 | 19 |
Daryle Smith | 1989 | 1989 | 0 |
Kevin Simons | 1989 | 1989 | 0 |
John Rienstra | 1991 | 1992 | 12 |
Herman Arvie | 1994 | 1995 | 4 |
Alvin McKinley | 2001 | 2002 | 0 |
Enoch DeMar | 2003 | 2004 | 6 |
L.J. Shelton | 2005 | 2005 | 6 |
Nat Dorsey | 2006 | 2007 | 1 |
Rex Hadnot | 2008 | 2008 | 4 |
Brian Sanford | 2011 | 2012 | 0 |
Calton Ford | 2011 | 2011 | |
Chris Faulk | 2013 | 2013 | 0 |
Sione Fua | 2014 | 2014 | 1 |