In high school, Doug was a tight end, defensive end and punter. He caught 80 career passes, was a two-time North Central Illinois Conference First-team selection and was named to the All-State Team in 1966 by the Champaign News-Gazette. In college, he was a
tight end on an
Illinois team that hardly passed at all, and so he was not taken until the sixth round of the
1971 draft. His first game in a Browns uniform was an
exhibition game against the
Chicago Bears that happened to be the game used as a backdrop for the movie ''
Brian's Song'' which was released in November 1971. After improving rapidly during his first year with the Browns, the coaches seemed to think he could take over for left tackle
Dick Schafrath. He did, and became only the third left tackle in the team's history. Dieken set team records with 194 consecutive starts and 203 consecutive games played. A Pro Bowl selection, he received the NFL Man of the Year Award following the 1982 season for his involvement with charitable organizations in the Cleveland area. ==Broadcasting career==