Cleveland Browns star Dub Jones, who held the NFL record for scoring a touchdown in a game, passed away just a month before his 100th birthday.

After playing college football at both LSU and Tulane and serving in World War II. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Jones was selected with the second overall pick by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1946 NFL draft, but eschewed the NFL for the fledgling All-American Football Conference. . After playing briefly for two teams in that league, the Miami Seahawks and Brooklyn Dodgers, Jones joined the Browns and played for them the remainder of his career; He first played in the AAFC and then in the NFL when the AAFC folded and the Browns joined the NFL. N.F.L.

Hall of Fame Browns coach Paul Brown called Jones “the best halfback in football,” and he became a star with the Browns as a key player on two Browns teams that won the AAFC championship and three teams that won the NFL championship.

Jones’ finest moment came in a game against the Bears in 1951; He scored four rushing touchdowns and two touchdowns in the 42-21 victory, becoming the second player in NFL history to throw six touchdown passes in a game. Three-quarters of a century later, Jones still holds a share of the record: Ernie Nevers had done it before, Gale Sayers and Alvin Kamara have done it since, but no player has thrown more than six touchdown passes in a game.

Jones retired from playing after the 1955 season, but returned to the Browns as an assistant coach in the 1960s.

Dub is survived by his wife of 78 years, Schump Jones. He had seven children, 22 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren. One of his sons is Baltimore Colts quarterback Bert Jones, who had a 10-year NFL career and was the 1976 NFL Most Valuable Player.