Josh Cribbs shared a tribute video after the death of Harold Cribbs, then got a public condolence from Bernie Kosar. The post centered on family grief, not football, even though Cribbs built his name with the Cleveland Browns and won three Pro Bowls.
The video used short clips of Harold Cribbs, and the caption read “💔💔💔I Love You Dad 😭 ‘Oorah’ ‘Semper FI,’”. Kosar answered in the comments with “So Sorry 🙏🏼 #UMatter,” turning a private loss into a visible moment of support for a former Browns player whose career ended in 2017.
Harold Cribbs and Bernie Kosar
Bernie Kosar comments on Josh Cribbs’ father’s death post landed in the same public thread where Cribbs mourned his father. That matters because the response came from another Browns name with his own weight in Cleveland, and it kept the focus on Harold Cribbs rather than on nostalgia for the field.
Cribbs has spoken before about how much his father shaped him. In a 2012 interview, he said, “My father’s old school. I would congratulate him on teaching me to raise a family and to be the leader of the household,” and added that his father was “a perfect example of how to handle problems in a marriage, in life, with kids, stress. So when I go through it now I know exactly how to go through it and I know that there’s light at the end of the tunnel.”
2012 to 2017
Cribbs also said on the Daddy Duty 365 podcast that his father was a police officer, recalling that he would sometimes arrive at games in uniform with other officers. Those details give the tribute more than a ceremonial tone; they show why the post reads as a family remembrance rather than a generic farewell.
The football résumé still sits in the background. Cribbs went undrafted out of Kent State, secured a place on the 2005 roster, and later earned three Pro Bowls with the Cleveland Browns. He scored the first of his eight kickoff return touchdowns on Oct. 23, 2005, with a 90-yard return against the Detroit Lions, then added another Pro Bowl nod in 2009 along with a career-high three kickoff return touchdowns.
For Browns followers, the practical takeaway is simple: Cribbs chose to share the loss publicly, Kosar answered publicly, and the conversation now belongs to the family and the people around it. The only unresolved point in the story itself is the timing of Harold Cribbs’ death, which Cribbs did not spell out in the post.
