Editing Don Shula (section)

===Cleveland Browns===
[[File:Don Shula 1952 National Guard Photograph.jpg|thumb|Shula served for 11 months in the [[Ohio Army National Guard]] in 1952 during the [[Korean War]].]]
Shula graduated in 1951 as a sociology major with a minor in mathematics, and was offered a job teaching and coaching at [[Lincoln High School (Canton, Ohio)|Canton Lincoln High School]] in [[Canton, Ohio]] for $3,750 a year (equivalent to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|3750|1951|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}).<ref name="News-Herald article" /> The [[Cleveland Browns]] of the [[National Football League]], however, selected him in the ninth round of the [[1951 NFL draft|1951 draft]] that January.<ref name="1951 NFL draft stats">{{cite web |title=1951 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1951/draft.htm |publisher=Pro Football Reference |access-date=November 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025212248/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1951/draft.htm |archive-date=October 25, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cleveland had won the [[1950 NFL Championship Game|NFL championship]] the previous year behind a staunch defense and an offense led by [[quarterback]] [[Otto Graham]], [[fullback (American football)|fullback]] [[Marion Motley]] and [[end (American football)|end]] [[Dante Lavelli]].<ref name="pias">{{cite book|last=Piascik|first=Andy|year=2007|title=The Best Show in Football: The 1946–1955 Cleveland Browns|publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=978-1-58979-571-6}}</ref>{{rp|177–182}} Shula was joined in the Browns' training camp by John Carroll teammate [[Carl Taseff]], whom Cleveland coach [[Paul Brown]] selected in the 22nd round.<ref name="1951 NFL draft stats" /><ref name="pias" />{{rp|220}} Brown made the selections in part because John Carroll coach [[Herb Eisele]] attended his coaching clinics and used similar schemes and terminology as Brown did.<ref name="News-Herald article" /> Shula and Taseff both made the team and were its only two rookies in 1951. Shula signed a $5,000-a-year contract and played as a [[defensive back]] alongside [[Warren Lahr]] and [[Tommy James (American football)|Tommy James]].<ref name="Coffin Corner article" /><ref name="pias" />{{rp|220}}

Shula played in all 12 of Cleveland's games in 1951, making his first appearance as a starter in October, and recorded four [[interception]]s.<ref name="CNNSI timeline" /><ref name="Shula PFR stats">{{cite web |title=Don Shula NFL Football Statistics |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ShulDo20.htm |publisher=Pro Football Reference |access-date=November 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105114115/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ShulDo20.htm |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Browns, meanwhile, finished with an 11–1 record and advanced to the [[1951 NFL Championship Game|championship game]] for a second straight year.<ref name="1951 Browns stats">{{cite web |title=1951 Cleveland Browns Statistics & Players |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1951.htm |publisher=Pro Football Reference |access-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023031740/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1951.htm |archive-date=October 23, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The team lost the game 24–17 to the [[Los Angeles Rams]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="pias" />{{rp|233–234}}<ref name="1951 Browns stats" />

Shula was a member of an [[Ohio Army National Guard]] unit that was activated the following January during the [[Korean War]].<ref name="CNNSI timeline" /><ref name="HOF Korean War page">{{cite web |title=Football and America: Korean War |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/war/korean/honor_roll.aspx |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602020053/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/war/korean/honor_roll.aspx |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Military service in Ohio and at [[Fort Polk]] in Louisiana kept Shula away from football until the unit was deactivated that November.<ref name="CNNSI timeline" /> Returning to the Browns, Shula signed a $5,500-a-year contract and played in five games at the end of the season, having become a full-time starter because of injuries to other players.<ref name="pias" />{{rp|247}}<ref name="Shula PFR coach" /> The Browns again advanced to the [[1952 NFL Championship Game|championship game]] and again lost, this time to the [[Detroit Lions]].<ref name="pias" />{{rp|251–253}}