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Carlsbad honors football and civil rights icon John Wooten with bronze bust
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoJohn Wooten opened doors for African American football players in the 1950s and 1960s. He credits...
Jim Brown's jersey number should be retired, former Browns teammate John Wooten says
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoA former teammate is calling on the NFL to permanently retire the jersey number of Cleveland Browns...
John Wooten honored with sculpture
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWooten and his wife, Juanita, will be in Carlsbad on Sept. 29 to celebrate an unveiling of a bronze bust of this legend, expertly crafted by sculptor Wren Prather-Stroud.
Wooten sculpture by Wren Prather-Stroud to be dedicated in Carlsbad
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCarlsbad will soon have a beautiful new sculpture on display, and it will be of one of our most accomplished citizens. John Wooten was a football standout who spent much of his career with the ...
Sculpture commemorating historic 1967 Cleveland summit with Jim Brown, others unveiled
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoCLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell looked reverently at the elderly man sitting in...
Former Washington OL Raleigh McKenzie announced as one of team’s Nunn-Wooten Scouting Fellows
Commanders Wire via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoThe NFL established the Nunn-Wooten Scouting Fellowship in 2015 as a way to give exposure to...
Which Dallas Cowboys were listed as Hall of Fame semifinalists for the class of 2024?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Pro Football Hall of Fame announced 60 semifinalists in the Seniors and Coaches and Contributors...
NFL’s Rooney Rule leaves rule originator feeling betrayed and frustrated
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoThe NFL’s Rooney Rule isn’t working. It’s toothless and it’s a sham. And it has been for some time....
Pro Football Hall of Fame: Marty Schottenheimer, Ken Anderson among 2024 semifinalists
The Repository via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoMarty Schottenheimer, who helped make the Browns a playoff regular in the late 1980s, is among the...
Jim Brown's No. 32 should be retired across NFL, says former Brown John Wooten
The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoFeb. 21—Only three jersey numbers worn by players from the four major sports played in the United States have been permanently retired. John Wooten, the right guard for the Browns 60 years ago ...