1959 Cleveland Browns Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Paul Brown (7-5)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1959 Cleveland Browns Statistics
1959 Cleveland Browns Results

The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.

The Browns scored 270 points, while the defense surrendered 214. Jim Brown powered the ground game, running for a 1,329 yards for Cleveland.

Milt Plum passed for 1,992 yards. Billy Howton topped all receivers, snagging 39 passes, while Ray Renfro added 528 receiving yards, while Bobby Mitchell provided receiving help also.

Junior Wren and Bernie Parrish each picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.

Paul Brown coached the team.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
45Leroy BoldenHBAugust 24, 19325'8"170Michigan St.Wabash, AR USA120
32Jim BrownFBFebruary 17, 19366'2"232SyracuseSt. Simons Island, GA USA1212
40Preston CarpenterLEJanuary 24, 19346'2"190ArkansasHayti, MO USA120
82Frank ClarkeEFebruary 7, 19346'1"215ColoradoBeloit, WI USA120
50Vince CostelloMLBAugust 4, 19326'0"230OhioDellroy, OH USA120
77Willie DavisDE-DTJuly 24, 19346'3"243Grambling St.Lisbon, LA USA120
35Galen FissLLBJuly 10, 19316'0"227KansasJohnson, KS USA120
79Bob GainLDEJune 21, 19296'3"256KentuckyAkron, OH USA120
76Lou GrozaKJanuary 25, 19246'3"240Ohio St.Martins Ferry, OH USA120
66Gene HickersonRGFebruary 15, 19356'3"248MississippiTrenton, TN USA120
86Billy HowtonREJuly 5, 19306'2"191RiceLittlefield, TX USA120
56Art HunterCApril 24, 19336'4"245Notre DameFairport Harbor, OH USA120
22Ken KonzDBSeptember 25, 19285'10"184LSUWeimar, TX USA120
83Rich KreitlingEMarch 13, 19366'2"208AuburnChicago, IL USA120
24Warren LahrLSSeptember 5, 19235'11"189Case Western ReserveMount Zion, PA USA120
52Dave LloydLB-CNovember 9, 19366'3"247Texas TechSapulpa, OK USA120
78Willie McClungLDTMay 9, 19306'2"250Florida A&MMarion, AL USA120
74Mike McCormackRTJune 21, 19306'4"246KansasChicago, IL USA100
34Walt MichaelsRLBOctober 16, 19296'0"231Washington & LeeSwoyersville, PA USA120
49Bobby MitchellKRJune 6, 19356'0"192IllinoisHot Springs, AR USA120
36Ed ModzelewskiFBJanuary 13, 19296'0"217MarylandWest Natrona, PA USA120
15Jim NinowskiQBMarch 26, 19366'1"206Michigan St.Detroit, MI USA20
65Chuck NollLB-G-CJanuary 5, 19326'1"220DaytonCleveland, OH USA120
70Fran O'BrienTApril 17, 19366'1"253Michigan St.Springfield, MA USA120
30Bernie ParrishLDHApril 29, 19365'11"194FloridaLong Beach, CA USA120
73Floyd PetersDTMay 21, 19366'4"254San Francisco St.Council Bluffs, IA USA120
16Milt PlumQBJanuary 20, 19356'1"205Penn St.Westville, NJ USA1212
18Bob PtacekQBApril 23, 19376'1"205MichiganCleveland, OH USA120
26Ray RenfroRHNovember 7, 19296'1"190North TexasWhitesboro, TX USA120
80Dick SchafrathT-G-DEMarch 21, 19376'3"253Ohio St.Canton, OH USA120
44Jim ShofnerRDHDecember 18, 19356'2"191TCUGrapevine, TX USA120
64Jim SmithLGFebruary 27, 19326'3"241BaylorWest Columbia, TX USA120
84Paul WigginRDENovember 18, 19346'3"242StanfordModesto, CA USA120
60John WootenGDecember 5, 19366'2"235ColoradoClarksville, TX USA120
42Junior WrenPDecember 10, 19296'0"192MissouriKansas City, MO USA120
75Sid YoungelmanRDTDecember 1, 19316'3"257AlabamaNewark, NJ USA120



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