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1956 Cleveland Browns
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Record: 5-7-0, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 167 points (13.9/g), 11th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 177 points (14.8/g), 1st.
Differential of -10 points (-0.8/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 5.6-6.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 9th.
Coached by Paul Brown (5-7-0)
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1956 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1956 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 | 13 | CLE | Preston Carpenter | E | 12 | 1956 | 1967 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 149 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 884 | 1 | 305 | 4457 | 23 | Arkansas |
| 2 | 25 | CLE | Billy Kinard | DB | 4 | 1956 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 27 | 1 | Mississippi | ||||||||
| 3 | 34 | CLE | Larry Ross | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Denver | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 37 | CLE | Bill Quinlan | DE | 9 | 1957 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 111 | Michigan State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 49 | CLE | Bobby Moss | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | West Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 61 | CLE | Frank Clarke | E | 11 | 1957 | 1967 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 140 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 231 | 1 | 291 | 5426 | 50 | Colorado |
| 6 | 71 | CLE | Sherman Plunkett | T | 10 | 1958 | 1967 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 132 | Md-Eastern Shore | |||||||||||
| 6 | 73 | CLE | Paul Wiggin | DE | 11 | 1957 | 1967 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 146 | Stanford | |||||||||||
| 7 | 85 | CLE | Chuck Griffith | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | USC | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 97 | CLE | Len Hellyer | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marshall | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 109 | CLE | Jack Hecker | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bowling Green | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 121 | CLE | Eddie Rayburn | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rice | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 133 | CLE | Bill Underdonk | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | West Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 145 | CLE | Harry Javernick | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Colorado | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 157 | CLE | Jim Furey | LB | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Kansas State | |||||||||||
| 14 | 169 | CLE | Charlie Sidwell | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | William & Mary | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 181 | CLE | Willie Davis HOF | DE | 12 | 1958 | 1969 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 162 | Grambling State | |||||||||||
| 16 | 193 | CLE | Thurlow Cooper | TE | 3 | 1960 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 36 | 491 | 8 | Maine | ||||||||
| 17 | 205 | CLE | Eddie West | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina State | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 217 | CLE | Hal (Candy) Carroll | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Case Western Reserve | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 229 | CLE | John Sebest | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eastern Kentucky | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 241 | CLE | Joe Mobra | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | 253 | CLE | Gene Kapish | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Notre Dame | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | 265 | CLE | Sam (First Down) Brown | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | UCLA | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | 277 | CLE | Don Althouse | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Syracuse | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | 289 | CLE | Jim Hughes | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | San Jose State | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | 301 | CLE | Bob Davenport | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | UCLA | |||||||||||||||
| 26 | 313 | CLE | Jack Kammerman | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Utah | |||||||||||||||
| 27 | 325 | CLE | Ed Dwyer | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Purdue | |||||||||||||||
| 28 | 337 | CLE | Ollie Sparks | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Iowa State | |||||||||||||||
| 29 | 349 | CLE | John Battos | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vanderbilt | |||||||||||||||
| 30 | 360 | CLE | Bob Bartholomew | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wake Forest | |||||||||||||||