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1959 Cleveland Browns
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Record: 7-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 270 points (22.5/g), 3rd of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 214 points (17.8/g), 3rd.
Differential of 56 points (4.7/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 7.6-4.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.3/g), 2nd.
Coached by Paul Brown (7-5-0)
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1959 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1959 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 | Rich Kreitling | E | 6 | 1959 | 1964 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 2 | -13 | 0 | 123 | 1775 | 17 | Illinois | |||||
| 2 | 23 | CLE | Dick Schafrath | T | 13 | 1959 | 1971 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 176 | Ohio State | |||||||||||
| 3 | 35 | CLE | Fran O'Brien | T | 10 | 1959 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 124 | Michigan State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 37 | CLE | Gary Prahst | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michigan | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 47 | CLE | Dave Lloyd | LB | 12 | 1959 | 1970 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 157 | Georgia | |||||||||||
| 5 | 53 | CLE | John Wooten | G | 10 | 1959 | 1968 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 136 | Colorado | |||||||||||
| 5 | 58 | CLE | Dick LeBeau | DB | 14 | 1959 | 1972 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 185 | Ohio State | |||||||||||
| 6 | 70 | CLE | Jim Prestel | DT | 8 | 1960 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | Idaho | |||||||||||
| 6 | 71 | CLE | Bob Denton | DE | 5 | 1960 | 1964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | Pacific | |||||||||||
| 7 | 82 | CLE | Gene Miller | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rice | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 87 | CLE | Bob Ptacek | QB | 1 | 1959 | 1959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 0 | Michigan | ||||||||
| 9 | 106 | CLE | Kirk Wilson | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | UCLA | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 119 | CLE | Bob Zeman | DB | 6 | 1960 | 1966 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 82 | Wisconsin | |||||||||||
| 11 | 130 | CLE | Jerry King | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kent State | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 143 | CLE | Frank Palandrani | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina State | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 154 | CLE | Ray Reese | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bowling Green | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | 167 | CLE | Elbert Dubenion | FL | 9 | 1960 | 1968 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 103 | 46 | 326 | 3 | 294 | 5294 | 35 | Bluffton | |||||
| 15 | 178 | CLE | Tom Salwocki | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pittsburgh | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 191 | CLE | Jamie Caleb | HB | 3 | 1960 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 71 | 1 | 7 | -26 | 0 | Grambling State |
| 17 | 202 | CLE | Homer Schmittan | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tennessee Tech | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 215 | CLE | Ed Hill | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Miami (OH) | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 226 | CLE | Joe Schroeder | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Xavier (OH) | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 239 | CLE | Al McClain | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shaw | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | 250 | CLE | Jim Fraser | LB | 6 | 1962 | 1968 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 72 | Wisconsin | |||||||||||
| 22 | 263 | CLE | Joe Wenzel | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lehigh | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | 274 | CLE | Jim Gardner | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Duke | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | 287 | CLE | Russ Goings | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Xavier (OH) | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | 298 | CLE | Ernie Spychalski | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ohio State | |||||||||||||||
| 26 | 311 | CLE | Homer Floyd | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kansas | |||||||||||||||
| 27 | 322 | CLE | Larry Baker | T | 1 | 1960 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bowling Green | |||||||||||
| 28 | 335 | CLE | Pete Abadie | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tulane | |||||||||||||||
| 29 | 346 | CLE | Ron Nietupski | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| 30 | 359 | CLE | Carl Ketchie | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Washington State | |||||||||||||||