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.

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

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

Bernie Parrish and Junior Wren 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 BoldenLOHAugust 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 USA1212
82Frank ClarkeROE-ROHFebruary 7, 19346'1"215ColoradoBeloit, WI USA121
50Vince CostelloMLBAugust 4, 19326'0"230OhioDellroy, OH USA1212
77Willie DavisROT-LOTJuly 24, 19346'3"243Grambling St.Lisbon, LA USA122
35Galen FissLLBJuly 10, 19316'0"227KansasJohnson, KS USA1211
79Bob GainLDEJune 21, 19296'3"256KentuckyAkron, OH USA1212
76Lou GrozaKJanuary 25, 19246'3"240Ohio St.Martins Ferry, OH USA1212
66Gene HickersonRGFebruary 15, 19356'3"248MississippiTrenton, TN USA1211
86Billy HowtonREJuly 5, 19306'2"191RiceLittlefield, TX USA1212
56Art HunterCApril 24, 19336'4"245Notre DameFairport Harbor, OH USA1212
22Ken KonzLSSeptember 25, 19285'10"184LSUWeimar, TX USA123
83Rich KreitlingLOE-ROEMarch 13, 19366'2"208AuburnChicago, IL USA120
24Warren LahrLSSeptember 5, 19235'11"189Case Western ReserveMount Zion, PA USA129
52Dave LloydLB-CNovember 9, 19366'3"247Texas TechSapulpa, OK USA120
78Willie McClungLDTMay 9, 19306'2"250Florida A&MMarion, AL USA1212
74Mike McCormackRTJune 21, 19306'4"246KansasChicago, IL USA109
34Walt MichaelsRLBOctober 16, 19296'0"231Washington & LeeSwoyersville, PA USA1212
49Bobby MitchellKRJune 6, 19356'0"192IllinoisHot Springs, AR USA1212
36Ed ModzelewskiFBJanuary 13, 19296'0"217MarylandWest Natrona, PA USA120
15Jim NinowskiQBMarch 26, 19366'1"206Michigan St.Detroit, MI USA20
65Chuck NollLOG-LLBJanuary 5, 19326'1"220DaytonCleveland, OH USA123
70Fran O'BrienROT-LOT-ROApril 17, 19366'1"253Michigan St.Springfield, MA USA121
30Bernie ParrishLDHApril 29, 19365'11"194FloridaLong Beach, CA USA1212
73Floyd PetersLDT-RDTMay 21, 19366'4"254San Francisco St.Council Bluffs, IA USA120
16Milt PlumQBJanuary 20, 19356'1"205Penn St.Westville, NJ USA1212
18Bob PtacekLOHApril 23, 19376'1"205MichiganCleveland, OH USA120
26Ray RenfroRHNovember 7, 19296'1"190North TexasWhitesboro, TX USA1211
80Dick SchafrathRDE-LDEMarch 21, 19376'3"253Ohio St.Canton, OH USA121
44Jim ShofnerRDHDecember 18, 19356'2"191TCUGrapevine, TX USA1212
64Jim SmithLGFebruary 27, 19326'3"241BaylorWest Columbia, TX USA1210
84Paul WigginRDENovember 18, 19346'3"242StanfordModesto, CA USA1212
60John WootenROGDecember 5, 19366'2"235ColoradoClarksville, TX USA121
42Junior WrenPDecember 10, 19296'0"192MissouriKansas City, MO USA1212
75Sid YoungelmanRDTDecember 1, 19316'3"257AlabamaNewark, NJ USA1212