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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
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Milt Plum | 24 | 2 | 12 | 156 for 266, 1,992 yards, 14 td, 8 int, & 21 rushes for 20 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| FB | Jim Brown*+ | 23 | 2 | 12 | 290 rushes for 1,329 yards, 14 td, & 24 catches for 190 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| LH | Bobby Mitchell | 24 | 1 | 0 | 131 rushes for 743 yards, 5 td, & 35 catches for 351 yards and 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| RH | Ray Renfro | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 30 catches for 528 yards and 6 td | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 48th pick / 1952 |
| LE | Preston Carpenter | 25 | 3 | 0 | 24 catches for 372 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 4 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| LT | Lou Groza* | 35 | 13 | 0 | ||
| LG | Jim Ray Smith*+ | 27 | 3 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 64th pick / 1954 |
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| C | Art Hunter* | 26 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1954 |
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| RG | Gene Hickerson | 24 | 1 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
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| RT | Mike McCormack | 29 | 8 | 0 | New York Yanks / 3rd / 34th pick / 1951 |
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| RT | Fran O'Brien | 23 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1959 |
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| RE | Billy Howton | 29 | 7 | 0 | 39 catches for 510 yards, 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1952 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Gain* | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1951 |
| LDT | Willie McClung | 29 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LDT | Willie Davis | 25 | 1 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 181st pick / 1956 |
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| RDT | Sid Youngelman | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick / 1954 |
| RDE | Paul Wiggin | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| LLB | Galen Fiss | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| MLB | Vince Costello | 27 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RLB | Walt Michaels* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 86th pick / 1951 |
| LDH | Bernie Parrish | 23 | Rook | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| RDH | Jim Shofner | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| LS | Warren Lahr | 36 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 32nd / 294th pick / 1947 |
| RS | Junior Wren | 30 | 3 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 24th / 288th pick / 1952 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Groza* | 35 | 13 | 0 | 5 of 16 field goals & 33 of 37 extra points | |
| P | Junior Wren | 30 | 3 | 0 | 27 punts for a 36.9 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 24th / 288th pick / 1952 |
| PR | Bobby Mitchell | 24 | 1 | 0 | 17 punt returns for a 10.4 average and 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Bobby Mitchell | 24 | 1 | 0 | 11 kick returns for a 21.5 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Leroy Bolden | 27 | HB | 12 | 0 | 170 | 5-8 | Michigan State | 8/24/1932 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1955 |
| Jim Brown*+ | 23 | FB | 12 | 12 | 232 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 2/17/1936 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 6th pick / 1957 |
| Preston Carpenter | 25 | E-HB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 1/24/1934 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| Frank Clarke | 25 | E | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Colorado | 2/7/1934 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 61st pick / 1956 |
| Vince Costello | 27 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Ohio | 8/4/1932 | 2 | |
| Willie Davis | 25 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 7/24/1934 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 181st pick / 1956 |
| Galen Fiss | 28 | LB | 12 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Kansas | 7/10/1931 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 155th pick / 1953 |
| Bob Gain* | 30 | DT-DE-MG-T | 12 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Kentucky | 6/21/1929 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1951 |
| Lou Groza* | 35 | T-C-DT-K | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 1/25/1924 | 13 | |
| Gene Hickerson | 24 | G | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 2/15/1935 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 78th pick / 1957 |
| Billy Howton | 29 | E | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | Rice | 7/5/1930 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1952 |
| Art Hunter* | 26 | C-T | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 4/24/1933 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1954 |
| Ken Konz | 31 | DB | 12 | 0 | 184 | 5-10 | LSU | 9/25/1928 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 14th pick / 1951 |
| Rich Kreitling | 23 | E | 12 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | Auburn,Illinois | 3/13/1936 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1959 |
| Warren Lahr | 36 | DB | 12 | 0 | 189 | 5-11 | Case Western Reserve | 9/5/1923 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 32nd / 294th pick / 1947 |
| Dave Lloyd | 23 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Georgia,Texas Tech | 11/9/1936 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 47th pick / 1959 |
| Willie McClung | 29 | T-DT | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 5/9/1930 | 4 | |
| Mike McCormack | 29 | T-DG-DT | 10 | 0 | 246 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/21/1930 | 8 | New York Yanks / 3rd / 34th pick / 1951 |
| Walt Michaels* | 30 | LB | 12 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Washington & Lee | 10/16/1929 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 86th pick / 1951 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 24 | FL-HB-WR | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Illinois | 6/6/1935 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 84th pick / 1958 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 30 | FB | 12 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | Maryland | 1/13/1929 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1952 |
| Jim Ninowski | 23 | QB | 2 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 3/26/1936 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 49th pick / 1958 |
| Chuck Noll | 27 | LB-G-C | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Dayton | 1/5/1932 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 20th / 239th pick / 1953 |
| Fran O'Brien | 23 | T | 12 | 0 | 253 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 4/17/1936 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1959 |
| Bernie Parrish | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/29/1936 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 108th pick / 1958 |
| Floyd Peters | 23 | DT | 12 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | San Francisco State | 5/21/1936 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 93rd pick / 1958 |
| Milt Plum | 24 | QB | 12 | 12 | 205 | 6-1 | Penn State | 1/20/1935 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Ptacek | 22 | QB | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan | 4/23/1937 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 87th pick / 1959 |
| Ray Renfro | 30 | HB-FL | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | North Texas | 11/7/1929 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 48th pick / 1952 |
| Dick Schafrath | 22 | T-G-DE | 12 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 3/21/1937 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1959 |
| Jim Shofner | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | TCU | 12/18/1935 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Ray Smith*+ | 27 | G-T-DE | 12 | 0 | 241 | 6-3 | Baylor | 2/27/1932 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 64th pick / 1954 |
| Paul Wiggin | 25 | DE | 12 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Stanford | 11/18/1934 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 73rd pick / 1956 |
| John Wooten | 23 | G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Colorado | 12/5/1936 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 53rd pick / 1959 |
| Junior Wren | 30 | DB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Missouri | 12/10/1929 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 24th / 288th pick / 1952 |
| Sid Youngelman | 28 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/1/1931 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 83rd pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 12 | 221.9 | 6-1.4 | 3.3 |