INDIANAPOLIS - When Bengals president Mike Brown receives the 2012 Game Ball from the Fritz Pollard Alliance here today in a reception during the NFL scouting combine, John Wooten can throw it all the way back to Paul Brown's Cleveland Browns of 50 years ago. Wooten, chairman of the Alliance that seeks to diversify the coaching and front-office ranks of the NFL, is a guard on Brown's last four teams after he’s drafted in 1959. "The award goes to a person who has made a difference in leveling the playing field for minorities," Wooten says. "And it's a tradition that goes back to Mike's father.
TDBH: Diversity advocates honor Mike Brown with highest honor
