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Looking for a strong back to pair with Brown, Paul Brown traded Mitchell to the Washington Redskins for the right to choose Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis out of Syracuse. He never played a down because he was stricken with leukemia.
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In front of 80,000 fans on a cold, rainy night in Cleveland, Kelly and Brown brought the Browns back against the Pittsburgh Steelers before Ryan found Collins for the winning touchdown in the final minutes.
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