He's from Youngstown. He's as local of a hero as Kizer and Ben Rothlisburger.
Except he wasn't a good QB.
Uh??? Exactly??
How old are you?
Because he grew up a Browns fan, and Youngstown is 45 to an hour from Cleveland and half the town are huge Browns fans, other half Pittsburg.
He was a good QB, times have changed on the QB position and the stats, but we were perennial playoff contenders with Kosar under center. Later in his career he was benched for his friend he brought to the team Vinny Testaverde. Vinny was the better qb, but Browns fans refused to accept that at the time as their beloved Bernie didnt age well. This is what really made Browns fans hate Belichick. I was one of them. In hindsight, Belichick was correct, and starting Vinny helped the team.
In the end stop the crusade, you are coming off as ignorant, disrespectful and just a plain asshole. Not sure if this is your intention, but back then we didnt have a Lebron, local hero best in the game. All we had was Bernie. No other local hero stayed home. Remember, Bernie won a national championship in Miami the year before becoming a Brown. We all loved him in college. Followed his career, then he forced his way to Cleveland and the legend was born.
Respect the history, he did very good for he Browns, but he didnt age well, the alcohol in hindsight probably had allot to do with it, but he was a local hero who embraced being Cleveland. Match made in heaven.