On a warm summer day shortly before the Cleveland Browns were scheduled to report to training camp in 1966, John Wooten received a call from Jim Brown, his good friend and teammate. Wooten was ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Jim Brown’s No. 32 is one of five numbers retired by the Cleveland Browns. One of his former teammates believes it should be retired on a larger scale.

He now stands fourth on the Cleveland Browns’ all-time list, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famers Joe Thomas (10), Jim Brown (9), and Lou Groza (9).

Jim Brown reconnected to Cleveland after the Browns returned as an expansion team in 1999. He became particularly close to Randy Lerner, who inherited ownership after Al Lerner died in in 2002.