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Record: 5-7-0, 4th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Paul Brown (5-7-0)

Points For: 167 (13.9/g) 11th of 12

Points Against: 177 (14.8/g) 1st of 12

Expected W-L: 5.6-6.4

SRS: -2.38 (6th of 12), SOS: -1.55

Other Notable Asst.: Howard Brinker (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium

President/Majority Owner: David Jones

Partial Owner: Ellis Ryan

Head Coach/General Manager: Paul Brown

Training Camp: Hiram College (Hiram, Ohio)

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Drafted Players

Full 1956 Draft Results

Drafted Players Table
							Misc					Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Rnd	Player	Pick	Pos	Yrs	From	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	College/Univ
1	Preston Carpenter	13	E	12	1956	1967	0	1	11	29	149	1	3	2	0	0	223	884	1	305	4457	23	Arkansas
2	Billy Kinard	25	DB	4	1956	1960	0	0	2	6	45				0		1	27	1			0	Mississippi
3	Larry Ross	34	E				0	0	0														Denver
3	Bill Quinlan	37	DE	9	1957	1965	0	0	8	33	111				0				0			0	Michigan St.
4	Bobby Moss	49	B				0	0	0														West Virginia
5	Frank Clarke	61	E	11	1957	1967	1	0	5	52	140	0	1	0	0	0	32	231	1	291	5426	50	Colorado
6	Sherman Plunkett	71	T	10	1958	1967	0	2	7	40	132				0				0			0	MD-Eastern Shore
6	Paul Wiggin	73	DE	11	1957	1967	0	2	10	55	146				0				0			0	Stanford
7	Chuck Griffith	85	E				0	0	0														USC
8	Len Hellyer	97	B				0	0	0														Marshall
9	Jack Hecker	109	E				0	0	0														Bowling Green
10	Eddie Rayburn	121	T				0	0	0														Rice
11	Bill Underdonk	133	T				0	0	0														West Virginia
12	Harry Javernick	145	T				0	0	0														Colorado
13	Jim Furey	157	LB	1	1961	1961	0	0	0	3	9				0				0			0	Kansas St.
14	Charlie Sidwell	169	B				0	0	0														William & Mary
15	Willie Davis HOF	181	DE	12	1958	1969	5	5	10	103	162				0				0			0	Grambling St.
16	Thurlow Cooper	193	TE	3	1960	1962	0	0	3	5	41				0				0	36	491	8	Maine
17	Eddie West	205	QB				0	0	0														North Carolina St.
18	Hal (Candy) Carroll	217	B				0	0	0														Case Western Reserve
19	John Sebest	229	E				0	0	0														Eastern Kentucky
20	Joe Mobra	241	E				0	0	0														Oklahoma
21	Gene Kapish	253	E				0	0	0														Notre Dame
22	Sam (First Down) Brown	265	B				0	0	0														UCLA
23	Don Althouse	277	E				0	0	0														Syracuse
24	Jim Hughes	289	G				0	0	0														San Jose St.
25	Bob Davenport	301	B				0	0	0														UCLA
26	Jack Kammerman	313	E				0	0	0														Utah
27	Ed Dwyer	325	E				0	0	0														Purdue
28	Ollie Sparks	337	G				0	0	0														Iowa St.
29	John Battos	349	E				0	0	0														Vanderbilt
30	Bob Bartholomew	360	T				0	0	0														Wake Forest

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