1. Edward Franklin Ulinski was an American professional football guard who played four seasons for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and went on to a career as an assistant coach for the Browns that lasted more than three decades.
Ed Ulinski grew up in Pennsylvania and attended Marshall University in West Virginia, where he starred as a blocker and end.
Ed Ulinski then served for four years in the US Air Force during World War II, playing for military football teams in 1944 and 1945.
Ed Ulinski signed with the Browns in 1946 and played as a guard as the team won four straight AAFC championships.
Ed Ulinski retired after the 1949 season to begin a coaching career, working first at Santa Clara University for three years before taking an assistant coaching job at Purdue University.
Ed Ulinski changed to the Browns' linebackers coach in 1963 after Brown was fired and Blanton Collier replaced him.
Ed Ulinski later served as an administrative coaching aide and the Browns' film coordinator before retiring in 1984.
The Browns won three National Football League championships during Ed Ulinski's coaching career, in 1954,1955 and 1964.
Ed Ulinski was inducted into Marshall's athletics hall of fame in 1986.
Ed Ulinski died in 2006 after a bout with Alzheimer's disease.
Ed Ulinski was born in Pittsburgh and attended Ambridge Area High School in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
Ed Ulinski was named to an all-West Virginia team in 1940, and was selected as a little All-American in 1941.
Ed Ulinski joined the US Air Force in 1942 during World War II and played for the Second Air Force Super-Bombers football team as a blocking back in 1944.
Ed Ulinski was shifted to guard in the middle of that season, where he played for the remainder of his career.
Ed Ulinski played for a Fourth Air Force football team in 1945.
At Brickels' urging, Ed Ulinski signed with the Browns in 1946.
Cleveland won the AAFC championship again in 1947, when Ed Ulinski began playing middle linebacker on defense in addition to his role on the offensive line.
Cleveland had a perfect season in 1948, winning all of its games, and Ed Ulinski again was named a second-team All-Pro.
Ed Ulinski retired after the 1949 season and began a coaching career, accepting a job working under former Browns teammate Mike Scarry at Santa Clara University in California.
The Browns, who by the time Ed Ulinski joined as a coach had moved to the National Football League, won championships in both of Ed Ulinski's first two years as an assistant under Brown.
Paul Brown was fired 1963, two years after Art Modell took ownership of the team, but Ed Ulinski stayed on the staff.
The Browns won another championship while Ed Ulinski was with the team in 1964.
Ed Ulinski continued as the linebackers coach and worked as an administrative coaching aide until 1971, when he was named the team's film coordinator.
Ed Ulinski held that position until he retired in 1984, having spent more than 30 years with the Browns as a player and coach.
Ed Ulinski was inducted into Marshall University's athletic hall of fame in 1986 and the Beaver County, Pennsylvania sports hall of fame in 1990.
Ed Ulinski suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his later years and died in 2006 at a nursing home in Chardon, Ohio.