STARK’S GREATEST TEAMS: Determined since he was a high school senior in the Roaring ’20s to make his mark at Ohio Stadium, Paul Brown finally got the chance nearly two decades later and led the Buckeyes to the 1942 national championship. Steve Doerschuk CantonRep.com sports writer @sdoerschukREP The first time Paul Brown set foot in Ohio Stadium, the ’20s were roaring and his ambition was soaring. The new giant horseshoe, home of college football’s Ohio State Buckeyes, captured the 16-year-old Massillon youth’s imagination. Paul was beyond thrilled that the 1925 Ohio high school track and field championships were scheduled there. In his last athletic act as a senior at Massillon Washington High School, he intended to win state titles in the long jump (he had cleared 20 feet in home meets) and the pole vault (he had ridden a bamboo stick nearly 12 feet in the air). Both marks made…
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