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Adamle, Tony

Tony Adamle

Induction Year : 1976

Sport: Football

Played six seasons (1947-51 and 1954) for Cleveland Browns. Was considered one of the club’s finest linebackers. Was All-City and All-Ohio fullback at Cleveland Collinwood High School in 1941, then enrolled at Ohio State University, where he played fullback for one season before entering the U.S. Army Air Corps. Played one preseason (1946) for Ohio State before turning professional. Continued studies in off-season, eventually earned his MD and became prominent surgeon.