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Ray Prisby of Youngstown stands next to a scale model of FirstEnergy Stadium originally commissioned by former Cleveland Browns owner Al Lerner. It s part of a massive collection of Browns memorabilia owned by Prisby who is one of six nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame s Ford Hall of Fans.
The Cleveland Browns won’t be at the Super Bowl, but the team’s biggest fan will be.
Ray Prisby of Youngstown was notified Tuesday he is one of three finalists for induction into the Ford Hall of Fans at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, and he will get to attend Super Bowl LV on Sunday in Tampa, Fla.
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The Cleveland Browns won’t be at the Super Bowl, but the team’s biggest fan will be.
Ray Prisby of Youngstown was notified Tuesday he is one of three finalists for induction into the Ford Hall of Fans at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, and he will get to attend Super Bowl LV on Sunday in Tampa, Fla.
“It’s going to be the experience of a lifetime,” Prisby said.
Six people were chosen in early January as potential Hall of Fans inductees, and Cleveland Browns great Jim Brown came to Prisby’s East Side home as part of the nomination process. One room of Prisby’s home is a shrine to the Hall of Fame running back, packed with memorabilia from Brown’s career. It’s one of several rooms in the house filled with items devoted to Prisby’s favorite team.
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Local Bugatti sale third best in 2020
Money makes the world go around, and exactly $7.1 million made a very special Bugatti go round the Bonham s auction block during its March 5 sale near the Amelia Island Concours d Elegance to become the third most expensive classic auctioned worldwide in 2020.
The top 10 auction sales for 2020 are listed in Hagerty s wrap-up as they routinely keep tabs on the auto auction markets, French-made Bugattis of the 20s and 30s making up much of the field of dreams.
The most expensive was a 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports at the Gooding & Company “Passion of a Lifetime” auction on Sept. 5, for $12.66 million. King Leopold III of Belgium was one of its five owners. Third place is the Amelia sale, a 1932 Bugatti Type 55 Super Sport, one of just 14 to leave the Molsheim factory with Jean Bugatti’s roadster body. It has its original engine and chassis, and was also the most expensive car sold in Amelia Island this year.
Ford Hall of Fans 2021 Nominees Announced
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The class of 2021 for the Ford Hall of Fans has been revealed. Were you aware that there was a Ford Hall of Fans? Guess you learn something new every day. And, hey, guess what? If you vote on this year’s six nominees, you could win Super Bowl tickets and a 2021 Ford F-150.
So what is this Ford Hall of Fans, you ask? It launched two years ago as a way to honor die-hard NFL fans for lifetime commitments to their favorite teams. Three of the six nominees will join the six current inductees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame during 2021 Enshrinement Weekend. It’s an actual thing!