Although he is a member of the Cleveland Browns Legends Program, it’s safe to say many Dawg Pound Daily readers have never heard of John Wooten.
And unless you’re AARP eligible, you never even saw him play.
But watch any footage of the great 1960s Browns’ teams, including the mythical 1964 NFL champions, and you can’t miss burly No. 60, right alongside Hall of Famer Gene Hickerson, opening holes for running backs Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly. Wooten and Hickerson formed the greatest guard tandem in NFL history, blocking for four different Hall of Famers: Brown, Kelly, Bobby Mitchell and Paul Warfield.