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, and 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 contributed to the receiving game 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
45	Leroy Bolden	HB	August 24, 1932	5'8"	170	Michigan St.	Wabash, AR USA	12	0
32	Jim Brown	FB	February 17, 1936	6'2"	232	Syracuse	St. Simons Island, GA USA	12	12
40	Preston Carpenter	LE	January 24, 1934	6'2"	190	Arkansas	Hayti, MO USA	12	0
82	Frank Clarke	E	February 7, 1934	6'1"	215	Colorado	Beloit, WI USA	12	0
50	Vince Costello	MLB	August 4, 1932	6'0"	230	Ohio	Dellroy, OH USA	12	0
77	Willie Davis	DE-DT	July 24, 1934	6'3"	243	Grambling St.	Lisbon, LA USA	12	0
35	Galen Fiss	LLB	July 10, 1931	6'0"	227	Kansas	Johnson, KS USA	12	0
79	Bob Gain	LDE	June 21, 1929	6'3"	256	Kentucky	Akron, OH USA	12	0
76	Lou Groza	K	January 25, 1924	6'3"	240	Ohio St.	Martins Ferry, OH USA	12	0
66	Gene Hickerson	RG	February 15, 1935	6'3"	248	Mississippi	Trenton, TN USA	12	0
86	Billy Howton	RE	July 5, 1930	6'2"	191	Rice	Littlefield, TX USA	12	0
56	Art Hunter	C	April 24, 1933	6'4"	245	Notre Dame	Fairport Harbor, OH USA	12	0
22	Ken Konz	DB	September 25, 1928	5'10"	184	LSU	Weimar, TX USA	12	0
83	Rich Kreitling	E	March 13, 1936	6'2"	208	Auburn	Chicago, IL USA	12	0
24	Warren Lahr	LS	September 5, 1923	5'11"	189	Case Western Reserve	Mount Zion, PA USA	12	0
52	Dave Lloyd	LB-C	November 9, 1936	6'3"	247	Texas Tech	Sapulpa, OK USA	12	0
78	Willie McClung	LDT	May 9, 1930	6'2"	250	Florida A&M	Marion, AL USA	12	0
74	Mike McCormack	RT	June 21, 1930	6'4"	246	Kansas	Chicago, IL USA	10	0
34	Walt Michaels	RLB	October 16, 1929	6'0"	231	Washington & Lee	Swoyersville, PA USA	12	0
49	Bobby Mitchell	KR	June 6, 1935	6'0"	192	Illinois	Hot Springs, AR USA	12	0
36	Ed Modzelewski	FB	January 13, 1929	6'0"	217	Maryland	West Natrona, PA USA	12	0
15	Jim Ninowski	QB	March 26, 1936	6'1"	206	Michigan St.	Detroit, MI USA	2	0
65	Chuck Noll	LB-G-C	January 5, 1932	6'1"	220	Dayton	Cleveland, OH USA	12	0
70	Fran O'Brien	T	April 17, 1936	6'1"	253	Michigan St.	Springfield, MA USA	12	0
30	Bernie Parrish	LDH	April 29, 1936	5'11"	194	Florida	Long Beach, CA USA	12	0
73	Floyd Peters	DT	May 21, 1936	6'4"	254	San Francisco St.	Council Bluffs, IA USA	12	0
16	Milt Plum	QB	January 20, 1935	6'1"	205	Penn St.	Westville, NJ USA	12	12
18	Bob Ptacek	QB	April 23, 1937	6'1"	205	Michigan	Cleveland, OH USA	12	0
26	Ray Renfro	RH	November 7, 1929	6'1"	190	North Texas	Whitesboro, TX USA	12	0
80	Dick Schafrath	T-G-DE	March 21, 1937	6'3"	253	Ohio St.	Canton, OH USA	12	0
44	Jim Shofner	RDH	December 18, 1935	6'2"	191	TCU	Grapevine, TX USA	12	0
64	Jim Smith	LG	February 27, 1932	6'3"	241	Baylor	West Columbia, TX USA	12	0
84	Paul Wiggin	RDE	November 18, 1934	6'3"	242	Stanford	Modesto, CA USA	12	0
60	John Wooten	G	December 5, 1936	6'2"	235	Colorado	Clarksville, TX USA	12	0
42	Junior Wren	P	December 10, 1929	6'0"	192	Missouri	Kansas City, MO USA	12	0
75	Sid Youngelman	RDT	December 1, 1931	6'3"	257	Alabama	Newark, NJ USA	12	0