In his eight seasons with the Browns, he played in eight championship games and helped win five titles, three in the National Football League. He gained NFL All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors in the 1951 season.
He is best known, however, for being one of only three men in NFL history to score six touchdowns in one game. He ran for four scores and caught two passes for touchdowns in a 42-21 victory over the Chicago Bears on Nov. 25, 1951. He touched the ball 12 times that afternoon, rushing nine times for 116 yards and catching three passes for 80 yards.
Jones, now a robust 81 and living in Ruston, La., served as an assistant coach under Browns coach Blanton Collier from 1963 to 1967. After retirement from the NFL, he followed the fortunes of his son, Bert, who had a successful 10-year career as a quarterback with the Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles in the 1970s and early 1980s.
The Orange & Brown Report recently spoke with Jones, whose voice still has a syrupy Louisiana drawl.
