Harold Sauerbrei
American football player
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Born: | (1916-03-28)March 28, 1916 |
Died: | September 27, 1974(1974-09-27) (aged 58) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
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College: | Baldwin–Wallace College |
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Executive profile at PFR | |
Harold Frederick Sauerbrei (March 28, 1916 – September 27, 1974) was an American journalist and sports executive who served as general manager of the Cleveland Browns from 1963 to 1974.
Sauerbrei attended Baldwin–Wallace College and covered the Cleveland Browns for The Plain Dealer for the team's first 8 season.[1] In 1954 he joined the Browns as the team's publicity director.[2] He later served as the team's business manager and January 16, 1963, was named general manager of the Browns.[3] He held this position until his death on September 27, 1974.[1]
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Cleveland Browns general managers
- Paul Brown (1946–1962)
- Harold Sauerbrei (1963–1974)
- Peter Hadhazy (1977–1984)
- Ernie Accorsi (1985–1992)
- Bill Belichick # (1992–1995)
- Dwight Clark (1999–2001)
- Butch Davis # (2002–2004)
- Phil Savage (2005–2008)
- George Kokinis (2009)
- Tom Heckert Jr. (2010–2012)
- Michael Lombardi (2013)
- Ray Farmer (2014–2015)
- Sashi Brown # (2016–2017)
- John Dorsey (2017–2019)
- Andrew Berry (2020–present)
# denotes de facto general manager