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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.
Coached by Paul Brown (11-1-0)
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1953 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1953 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | 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 | 205 | Tennessee | |||||||||||
| 2 | 23 | CLE | Billy Reynolds | HB | 5 | 1953 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 176 | 585 | 7 | 24 | 252 | 0 | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 3 | 35 | CLE | Fred Bruney | DB | 7 | 1953 | 1962 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 77 | Ohio State | |||||||||||
| 3 | 37 | CLE | Gene Donaldson | G | 1 | 1953 | 1953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Kentucky | |||||||||||
| 4 | 47 | CLE | Dick Tamburo | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michigan State | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 59 | CLE | Bob Van Doren | DE | 1 | 1953 | 1953 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | USC | |||||||||||
| 6 | 71 | CLE | Don Steinbrunner | T | 1 | 1953 | 1953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Washington State | |||||||||||
| 7 | 83 | CLE | Gene Filipski | HB | 2 | 1956 | 1957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 35 | 174 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 0 | Villanova | |||||
| 8 | 95 | CLE | Carlton Massey | DE | 5 | 1954 | 1958 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 49 | Texas | |||||||||||
| 9 | 107 | CLE | Bob McNamara | DB | 2 | 1960 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 143 | 1 | Minnesota | |||||
| 10 | 119 | CLE | Elmo Natali | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | California (PA) | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 131 | CLE | Dick Hilinski | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ohio State | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 143 | CLE | Elmer Willhoite | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | USC | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 155 | CLE | Galen Fiss | LB | 11 | 1956 | 1966 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 139 | Kansas | |||||||||||
| 14 | 167 | CLE | Gern Nagler | E | 8 | 1953 | 1961 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 91 | 196 | 3119 | 28 | Santa Clara | ||||||||
| 15 | 179 | CLE | John Carson | E | 7 | 1954 | 1960 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 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 | 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 State | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||