Cleveland Browns, offensive lineman Gene Hickerson is shown, wearing the Brown's original uniform. Hickerson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007. (Associated Press)

Standing from left to right, Leroy Kelley, Bobby Mitchell, and Jim Brown, stand behind Gene Hickerson at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Bob Hickerson, left, stands with a bust of his dad, Gene, and his presenter, Bobby Franklin, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, in Canton, Ohio. (Associated Press)

Former Cleveland Browns lineman Gene Hickerson waits to receive his Hall of Fame ring during halftime ceremonies in an NFL football game between the Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers in Cleveland. Hickerson, the Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame right guard whose blocking helped Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly and Bobby Mitchell make the shrine. (AP Photo/Ken Blaze)

Hall of Fame guard Gene Hickerson (66) of the Cleveland Browns during the Browns 24-17 preseason loss to the Los Angeles Rams in August 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (National Football League)

Hall of Fame guard Gene Hickerson (66) of the Cleveland Browns during the Browns 30-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the 1968 NFL Playoff Bowl Game played on January 7, 1968 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. (National Football League)

Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame guard Gene Hickerson in 1970. (National Football League)

A Cleveland Browns helmet sits on the bench with stickers intended to honor recently deceased Hall of Fame players Gene Upshaw and Gene Hickerson during the game against the Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns Stadium on November 6, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Broncos rallied to beat the Browns 34-30. (AP Photo/Paul Spinelli)

Browns coach Paul Brown (in the suit) briefs some of his players at Yankee Stadium, New York City, on Dec. 20. They are, from left to right, guard Gene Hickerson; tackle Derrell Brewster, and halfback Ray Renfro. (AP Photo/John Rooney)

Larry Conjar (35) of the Cleveland Browns carries for a first-down in a fourth quarter rally in a game with the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium, Oct. 29, 1967, New York. Clearing a path for the first-down is Browns Gene Hickerson (66) knocking over Giants Carl Lockhart (43). The Giants stopped the last minute rally and won the game 38-34. (Associated Press)

Jim Brown (32), fullback of the Cleveland Browns, rounds at right end after receiving pass in the second quarter and picks up yardage for a first down before he is brought down by Tom Franckhauser (32), Dallas Cowboys back. Don Healy (62) of the Cowboys is out of the play. Gene Hickerson (66) of the Browns is running in to aid Brown. Cleveland won 48-7 in Dallas Texas, on Oct. 16, 1960. (Associated Press)