BACKS FROM THE PAST

Three former Browns celebrate birthdays today:

  • Larry Poole, the former Akron Garfield and Kent State star, is 55. He averaged 4.4 yards per carry in his three years as a Brown during the Forrest Gregg era.
  • Antonio Langham turns 35 today. The ninth overall pick in the 1994 draft started at corner as a rookie on one of the Browns’ best-ever defenses. (Five of the first 11 players drafted in ’94 have played for the Browns.) Langham returned to Cleveland in 1999 as their 37th and final expansion draftee, but he made little impact.
  • And hitting the big three-oh today is none other than Tim Couch, about whom little needs to be said except best wishes as he embarks on his comeback in Jacksonville.