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1953 Cleveland Browns

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Record: 11-1-0, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 348 points (29.0/g), 4th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 162 points (13.5/g), 1st.
 Differential of 186 points (15.5/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 10.3-1.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +17 (1.4/g), 1st.

Simple Rating System: Total 14.0, Offense: 7.0, Defense: 7.0, SoS: -1.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Paul Brown

Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)

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Drafted Players

Draft Index · Full 1953 Draft Results
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
1 11 CLE Doug Atkins HOF DE 17 1953 1969 1 8 15 95 205 Tennessee
2 23 CLE Billy Reynolds HB 5 1953 1960 0 0 1 9 54 176 585 7 24 252 0 Pittsburgh
3 35 CLE Fred Bruney DB 7 1953 1962 0 2 4 45 77 Ohio St.
3 37 CLE Gene Donaldson G 1 1953 1953 0 0 0 5 11 Kentucky
4 47 CLE Dick Tamburo C 0 0 0 Michigan St.
5 59 CLE Bob Van Doren DE 1 1953 1953 0 0 1 5 10 USC
6 71 CLE Don Steinbrunner T 1 1953 1953 0 0 0 5 8 Washington St.
7 83 CLE Gene Filipski HB 2 1956 1957 0 0 0 3 24 35 174 1 4 44 0 Villanova
8 95 CLE Carlton Massey DE 5 1954 1958 0 1 4 27 49 Texas
9 107 CLE Bob McNamara DB 2 1960 1961 0 0 2 11 28 17 33 1 7 143 1 Minnesota
10 119 CLE Elmo Natali B 0 0 0
11 131 CLE Dick Hilinski T 0 0 0 Ohio St.
12 143 CLE Elmer Willhoite G 0 0 0 USC
13 155 CLE Galen Fiss LB 11 1956 1966 0 2 8 57 139 Kansas
14 167 CLE Gern Nagler E 8 1953 1961 0 1 7 66 91 196 3119 28 Santa Clara
15 179 CLE John Carson E 7 1954 1960 0 1 5 54 71 173 2591 15 Georgia
16 191 CLE Eric Kuykendall B 0 0 0 Illinois
17 203 CLE George Bean B 0 0 0 Utah
18 215 CLE Dick Batten T 0 0 0 Pacific
19 227 CLE Tom Cain G 0 0 0 Colorado
20 239 CLE Chuck Noll HOF LB 7 1953 1959 0 0 5 41 77 Dayton
21 251 CLE Bill Crockett G 0 0 0 Rice
22 263 CLE Byrd Looper B 0 0 0 Duke
23 275 CLE Ronnie Kent B 0 0 0 Tulane
24 287 CLE John Labenda T 0 0 0 Wittenberg
25 299 CLE Jim Ellis B 0 0 0 Michigan St.
26 311 CLE Charley Hoag B 0 0 0 Kansas
27 323 CLE Jack Sisco C 0 0 0 Baylor
28 335 CLE Ray Verkerk T 0 0 0 North Texas
29 347 CLE Clell Hobson B 0 0 0 Alabama
30 358 CLE Andy Myers G 0 0 0 Tennessee