1961 Cleveland Browns Roster

By Team Sports Glory

1961 Cleveland Browns Team Info

LeagueCoachRecordPostseason RecordDivision StandingEnd of Season
National Football League (NFL)Paul Brown (8-5-1) 8-5Finished 3rd in the NFL’s East Division

Roster

PlayerPos.Birth DateHeightWeightCollege
Sam BakerK-FBNovember 12, 19296’2′217Oregon St.
Johnny BrewerTE-LB-DEMarch 8, 19376’4′230Mississippi
Jim BrownFBFebruary 17, 19366’2′232Syracuse
Leon ClarkeE-FLJanuary 10, 19336’4′232USC
Vince CostelloLBAugust 4, 19326’0′230Ohio
Bobby CrespinoSE-TEJanuary 11, 19386’5′225Mississippi
Len DawsonQBJune 20, 19356’0′190Purdue
Charley FergusonWR-TENovember 13, 19396’5′217Tennessee St.
Ross FichtnerDBOctober 26, 19386’0′185Purdue
Galen FissLBJuly 10, 19316’0′227Kansas
Don FlemingDBJune 11, 19376’0′188Florida
Bobby FranklinDBOctober 5, 19365’11’182Mississippi
Bob GainDT-DE-MG-TJune 21, 19296’3′256Kentucky
Lou GrozaT-C-DT-KJanuary 25, 19246’3′240Ohio St.
Jim HoustonLB-DENovember 3, 19376’3′240Ohio St.
Rich KreitlingEMarch 13, 19366’2′208Auburn
Errol LindenTOctober 21, 19376’5′258Houston
Dave LloydLB-CNovember 9, 19366’3′247Texas Tech
Mike McCormackT-DG-DTJune 21, 19306’4′246Kansas
Walt MichaelsLBOctober 16, 19296’0′231Washington & Lee
Bobby MitchellFL-HB-WRJune 6, 19356’0′192Illinois
John MorrowC-GApril 27, 19336’3′244Michigan
Gern NaglerEFebruary 23, 19326’2′190Santa Clara
Ed NuttingTFebruary 8, 19396’4′246Georgia Tech
Bernie ParrishDBApril 29, 19365’11’194Florida
Floyd PetersDTMay 21, 19366’4′254San Francisco St.
Milt PlumQBJanuary 20, 19356’1′205Penn St.
Preston PowellFBSeptember 23, 19366’2′225Grambling St.
Duane PutnamGSeptember 5, 19286’0′228Pacific
Ray RenfroHB-FLNovember 7, 19296’1′190North Texas
Dick SchafrathT-G-DEMarch 21, 19376’3′253Ohio St.
Jim ShofnerDBDecember 18, 19356’2′191TCU
Jim SmithG-T-DEFebruary 27, 19326’3′241Baylor
Larry StephensDE-DTSeptember 24, 19386’3′250Texas
Tom WatkinsHBOctober 23, 19376’0′195Iowa St.
Paul WigginDENovember 18, 19346’3′242Stanford
John WootenGDecember 5, 19366’2′235Colorado