Browns Legends: Ex Broadcaster Jim Donovan to be Inducted with 2024 Class

Former Cleveland Browns kicker Phil Dawson has already been named to the Browns Legends Class of 2024, and now he's being joined by a familiar face.

The man who called every single of of Dawson's kicks on Browns Radio will join him.

Jim Donovan, who, along with Dawson, joined the Browns organization in 1999, will be inducted alongside Dawson for the Class of 2024.

And Dawson was the one who informed Donovan of the honor.

"I get the honor to inform you that you will be joining me in this year's class, you will officially be a Cleveland Browns Legend," Dawson said on the call to Donovan. "And I can think of no better honor than to get to make this phone call."

Donovan's reaction was genuine on the other end of the call.

"Phil, that is unbelievable," Donovan said. "That is so great. That is a great honor. What an honor to go in at all, but to go in with you, wow."

At the game against the New York Giants on Sept. 22, the Browns will induct the pair into the 2024 class of Browns Legends while they are honored for their careers.

"He kept it real, but he kept a positive tone to it," Dawson said of Donovan's calls. "He just always could find that balance – authentic, real, accurate, but he was still supportive, even when there wasn't a whole lot to support. And I know the players appreciated that.

"I know I certainly appreciated that. He was always quick to try to provide context, rather than letting people just focus on an individual moment. He just really had a knack for seeing the big picture. It was always 'Go Browns,' yet he kept it real and accurate so that everybody understood what was going on."

Dawson retired after a 14-year career and Donovan recently announced his retirement from the broadcast booth while he deals with his battle with cancer.

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"To be able to go into the class with Jim, it's a guy I know," Dawson said. "It's a guy I have a relationship with. It's a guy that I look up to. And so, it just adds an extra layer to this. It would be awesome to go in with anyone, but a guy that you came in together with, a guy that you consider a friend, a guy that you appreciate, a guy you respect, a guy that you benefit from what he did.

"He was so supportive of me through the years and was always so kind to myself and my family. I mean, to get to go in with a friend just adds this really special layer to it and reflects what I'm most grateful for in my time in Cleveland is, and it's the relationships that I had with the people at Cleveland. And Jim is towards the top of that list."

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