DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Tailgate Forum My encounter on the plane with Bill Hamilton - Cleveland Browns

I was working a flight to Norfolk a couple of days ago and I met a former Cleveland Browns player by the name of Bill Hamilton. He was a very nice man. He wanted to know the score of the Cleveland Indians/ Yankee game and I got it for him from the pilots. I told him I was a big Cleveland sports fan and that's when he let me know he played for them. I believe he said he played for them in the 70s. He showed me his Cleveland Browns ring and is going to send me 2 sideline tix to any Browns game I choose because I game him some snacks on the flight because coach was serving none and he was really hungry.

I called him today (he gave me his address & phone number) to tell him that
I would like to go to the SF vs. CLE game on December 30th. He was sick with a cold so I didn't talk to him long. So if any of you knowledgable Dawg Talkers have heard of him, could you post some info. here on him? I tried Googling his name and even used "William" Hamilton to no avail. Also, he is sending me an autographed photo of him and of Jim Brown. So, I when I come to Cleveland, I would like to finally meet some of you Dawg Talkers on Dawg Talk Island!!!

Here's the all-time roster from browns.com for players names that begin with "H":

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/roster.php?letter=H

I was gonna say, I don't have his football card, in addition to never having heard of him before.

My bet is he was a low drafted rookie or walk-on that never made it through camp, maybe got in a pre-season game, or was on the old "taxi-squad." I will look at the NFL draft site,....

Thanks. That's what I was thinking. I asked him what he thought about the NFL retirement package and he says he gets $115 a month from the NFL!!! I mean he showed me his NFL Cleveland Browns ring. He mentioned something about being drafted in the 17th round...I'm trying to remember the conversation.

If he gets 115 a month from the NFL, then he had to have appeared in games.

Here's the players drafted with their names starting with the letter "H"

http://www.drafthistory.com/alphabetical/h.html

http://www.drafthistory.com/teams/browns.html

And here's the Browns history, only 1 Hamlilton - and that'd be Justin. There's a Willie Hamilton drafted by the Cowboys in 1975.

Here's another link - of "H" players.

http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerlist.htm?lt=h

or same one for the Browns
http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teampage.htm?tm=CLE&lg=nfl

Didn't see a Bill Hamilton

This guy sounds more and more like a " I was in Vietnam, and here are my medals " type,....

Thanks for trying all...I'll find out what he is about later on this week and ask him when he "played". He could be one of those all talk type of people.

Did he play or was he a coach or assistant maybe?

Hey Slim:
If it turns out he's a fraud, I'll set you up with seats at the 50, or even a private box if you'd like.

Kindest regards,
B. Sipe

I hope the guy is not a fraud and there's just some miscommunication about what he really did/was with the Browns. Please keep us posted as to the real story here Slim.

As a veteran, there is nothing worse than being pantomimed by an imposter.

My senior year of high school while standing in line at ceder point a gentalmen was talking to the people standing around us, he introduced himself as Felix Wright of the Browns, as always he showed a ring, talked about money and what he was doing during his time off, Well luck so be it I just returned from a Football camp that summer two weeks ago in Grandville, Dennison college were Felix Wright attended, Felix made himself availible to all us campers not only just during pracrice but afterwards we sat around with him all night talking joking having a great time, So I knew this guy wasnt felix wright, I wasnt gonna make a big deal out ofit, this guy wasnt hurtung anybody, I just said to a few of them, this guys a fake, dont give him your address or phone number, with the promise of free tickets, We got oun our ride and never saw him again until football season on tv..

That's BS -- you should have called him out on the carpet. I know I would have.

Good job though, protecting your friends' addresses and numbers,....

In always have fun with habitual liars like that. Start asking them questions that the real person would really know, and then turn the tables on them when they obviously wrong answer. Sometimes you don't even have to tell the truth yourself.

"What's your kids name?"
"Jennifer"
"That's funny, your bio said you had a son"


or ...


"Your college town is great, I've been there! Where's your favorite hangout in that town?"
"Uh, that one bar?"
"Which bar?"
"Uh, Joe's"
"There's no Joe's in that town! Where is that??"

... etc.

My curiosity is killing me now. I would really like to know who "Bill" is.

Still hoping the guy is not a scumball.

Anybody out there got a 70's era media guide,...??? Those always have bios on the coaches,....

Well he's not listed as having been an Assistant coach for the Browns.

Link

Hey, they got one of my mom's family members listed there. Billy Davis. Believe he is with the cards now.

I'll keep you posted on what happens. I just find it odd that he asked about the Indians score and I told him I was a fan and he happened to have a Cleveland Browns ring on...