Milt Plum
Milton Ross Plum
Born: January 20, 1935
Westville, NJ USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 205
College: Penn St.
High School: Woodbury (NJ)
Career: 1957-1969
Drafted: 1957 in Round 2, #17 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Milt Plum played from 1957 to 1969 during his career with the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams and New York Giants. Plum threw for 17,536 yards in his career, completing 1,306 of 2,419 passes with 122 touchdowns and 127 interceptions. He also ran for 531 yards in 217 attempts with 13 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 76 | 41 | 53.9 | 590 | 7.8 | 2 | 2.6 | 5 | 6.6 | 58 | 60.7 | ||
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 189 | 102 | 54.0 | 1619 | 8.6 | 11 | 5.8 | 11 | 5.8 | 74 | 77.9 | ||
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 266 | 156 | 58.6 | 1992 | 7.5 | 14 | 5.3 | 8 | 3.0 | 76 | 87.2 | ||
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 250 | 151 | 60.4 | 2297 | 9.2 | 21 | 8.4 | 5 | 2.0 | 86 | 110.4 | ||
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 302 | 177 | 58.6 | 2416 | 8.0 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 3.3 | 77 | 90.3 | ||
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 325 | 179 | 55.1 | 2378 | 7.3 | 15 | 4.6 | 20 | 6.2 | 80 | 68.2 | ||
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 77 | 27 | 35.1 | 339 | 4.4 | 2 | 2.6 | 12 | 15.6 | 39 | 18.7 | ||
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 287 | 154 | 53.7 | 2241 | 7.8 | 18 | 6.3 | 15 | 5.2 | 92 | 78.5 | ||
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 308 | 143 | 46.4 | 1710 | 5.6 | 12 | 3.9 | 19 | 6.2 | 55 | 51.2 | ||
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 146 | 82 | 56.2 | 943 | 6.5 | 4 | 2.7 | 13 | 8.9 | 63 | 47.8 | ||
| 1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 172 | 86 | 50.0 | 925 | 5.4 | 4 | 2.3 | 8 | 4.7 | 43 | 54.5 | ||
| 1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 49 | 4.1 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 25 | 46.9 | ||
| 1969 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 47.0 |
| Totals | 2419 | 1306 | 54.0 | 17536 | 7.2 | 122 | 5.0 | 127 | 5.3 | 92 | 1 | 12 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 26 | 118 | 4.5 | 30 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 37 | 107 | 2.9 | 22 | 4 |
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 21 | 20 | 1.0 | 17 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 17 | -24 | -1.4 | 7 | 2 |
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 24 | -17 | -0.7 | 14 | 1 |
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 29 | 170 | 5.9 | 45 | 1 |
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 18 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 21 | 37 | 1.8 | 15 | 3 |
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 217 | 531 | 2.4 | 45 | 13 |
Receiving:
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | |||
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 15 | |||
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 16 |
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 34 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1969 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | |||||||||
| 1959 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1960 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
| 1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1966 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 9 | 3 |
| 1958 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
| 1959 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
| 1960 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 12 |
| 1961 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 13 |
| 1962 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 14 |
| 1963 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 3 |
| 1964 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 11 |
| 1965 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 11 |
| 1966 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 6 | 6 |
| 1967 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 6 |
| 1968 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | New York Giants | 1 | 0 |
Honors
1960 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
