Tony Adamle

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Tony Adamle
Date of birth:	May 15, 1924
Place of birth:	Alliance, OH
Date of death:	October 7, 2000
Career information
Position(s):	Running Back / Linebacker
College:	Ohio State
Organizations
As player:
1947-1951,1954	Cleveland Browns
Career highlights and Awards
Pro Bowls:	1950, 1951
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Anthony Adamle (May 15, 1924 - October 7, 2000) was a running back in the National Football League. For his entire career he played for the Cleveland Browns. On October 7, 2000, Tony died from cancer after battling it for seven years.

Adamle had been a member of the 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes freshman team, but left school prior to the 1943 season to fight in World War II. He returned for the 1946 season -- his only season with the varsity Buckeyes -- then joined many of his former teammates on the Browns. With the Buckeyes, his most notable moment was an interception against the Northwestern Wildcats.

With the Browns, Adamle was an All-Pro fullback/linebacker on five champion teams. He retired after the 1951 season to attend medical school, but was called out of retirement in 1954 by Browns head coach Paul Brown.

Adamle finished his college education at Kent State University while with the Browns. After his athletic career ended he continued his education, receiving a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University.

He served as the team doctor for both Theodore Roosevelt High School and Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, where he raised his family, for more than thirty-five years.^[1]

Tony's son, Mike Adamle, was a fullback for the Chicago Bears and then became a sports broadcaster.