Lew Mayne Lewis Elwood " Mickey " Mayne ( born March 21 , 1920 ) is a former American football halfback who played three seasons in the All - America Football Conference ( AAFC ) between 1946 and 1948 . Mayne played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colts . From Cuero , Texas , Mayne was a standout athlete starting in junior high school . He excelled in track and field , but was also a football star in high school . Mayne continued to play football at the University of Texas at Austin ; his Texas team won the Southwest Conference in 1942 and was selected to play in the Cotton Bowl the following year , Texas ' s first - ever bowl appearance . During his senior year , Mayne was called up for service in World War II . Mayne was discharged in 1946 and signed with the Dodgers . He moved to Cleveland in 1947 , when the team won the AAFC championship . Limited by injuries , he retired after spending the 1948 season with the Colts . After his playing career , Mayne became a high school coach and administrator in Texas , working at schools in Winnsboro and Daingerfield . He was inducted into his Cuero High School ' s hall of fame in 2006 . Daingerfield renamed its football stadium Mickey Mayne Tiger Stadium in his honor in 2009 . High school and college career . Growing up in Cuero , Texas , Mayne first showed athletic promise in junior high school , when he won four events at a track meet in Yoakum , Texas . He became a star football player at Cuero High School , and was selected to the " Houston Post " ' s All - Southeast Texas Class B team in his junior and senior years . He was described as the " Cuero crusher " , a back who could also pass the ball and kick . Mayne , who was nicknamed " Mugge " in high school , played in a North - South Texas all - star game at the end of his senior season . Cuero reached the regional playoffs that year , but lost 19 – 10 to Junction High School despite a 15 - yard field goal and 95 - yard touchdown return by Mayne . After graduating , Mayne enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin , where he played football and ran track and got the nickname " Mickey " . Under head coach Dana X . Bible , Mayne and the Texas Longhorns won the Southwest Conference in 1942 and made their first - ever bowl appearance the following year , beating Georgia Tech 14 – 7 in the Cotton Bowl . Mayne met his wife , Nollie , in a geology class at Texas . In his senior year , he left the school to serve in the military during World War II . He was sent for training to Lincoln Air Base in Nebraska and played on the station ' s service football team , the Wings . He later moved for pilot training to Austin , Texas . Professional career . Mayne was discharged in 1946 . He got offers to play football for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League and the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All - America Football Conference . Mayne chose the Dodgers and played for the team for one season , during which he scored three touchdowns and intercepted four passes . Mayne again entertained an offer to play for the Bears in 1947 , and agreed to switch leagues after talking to team owner George Halas . Mayne , however , was offered $ 3 , 000 more , plus a $ 500 bonus , by the AAFC ' s Cleveland Browns . After getting Halas ' s blessing , Mayne signed with Cleveland . Mayne did not play in the first few games of the 1947 season because of injuries and an infection , but head coach Paul Brown made him the starter at right halfback in October . The Browns finished the year with a 12 – 1 – 1 record and beat the New York Yankees to win the AAFC championship . Mayne spent a final year with the Baltimore Colts in 1948 before retiring from football . He suffered a separated shoulder during the season , and was bothered by a two - year - old injury that turned out to be a bruised spinal cord . Later life and coaching career . After his playing career , Mayne coached football and track and field at Winnsboro High School in Winnsboro , Texas and later at Daingerfield High School in Daingerfield , Texas . At Daingerfield , Mayne taught history and guided his track and field team to a state championship in 1962 . He was the principal at the town ' s junior high and high school and later became the district superintendent before retiring in 1982 . His wife Nollie died in 2004 . The couple had three children . Mayne was inducted into Cuero High School ' s hall of fame in 2006 . Daingerfield High School renamed its stadium Mickey Mayne Tiger Stadium in 2009 in his honor .