Brown did not see much of Rymkus as a rookie, as he played for the Washington Redskins after being drafted there in 1943 after a great career at Notre Dame.  Rymkus enlisted in the military during World War II, and upon his return to football, he elected to join the Cleveland Browns of the AAFC.  He would quickly establish himself as an upper-echelon Tackle on both sides of the ball.  With Cleveland, he would be named to a version of the All-Pro team each of the team's four years in the AAFC and was a significant factor in the Browns winning all four of their league championships.  Rymkus and the Browns would prove that the AAFC was for real as when they were absorbed by the NFL, they would win the NFL Championship, making it five in a row for the Tackle.

He would later be a Coach, winning the AFL title twice with the Houston Oilers (1960 & 1961) as their Head Coach and a Super Bowl as the Baltimore Colts Offensive Line Coach.

If you want to put someone in Canton based on the championship they collected, you would be hard-pressed to find one better than Lou Rymkus.