1959 NFL Player Debuts

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League Champion: Baltimore Colts

AP MVP: Johnny Unitas

AP Rookie of the Year: Boyd Dowler

Passing Leader: Johnny Unitas, 2899 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 1329 Yds

Receiving Leader: Raymond Berry, 959 Yds

1959 Player Debuts

1959 Player Debuts Table
			Misc					Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Player	Pos	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Solo	Int	Sk
John Adams	E-FB	1963	0	0	0	4	64	1	1	11	0	0	41	99	1	21	264	3
Darrel Aschbacher	G	1959	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Aveni	K-DE	1961	0	0	0	1	38	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	84	1
Dave Baker	DB	1961	0	1	3	22	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		21	1.0
Tom Barnett	HB-DB	1960	0	0	1	5	24	0	0	0	0	0	81	263	1	7	52	1
Ted Bates	LB	1963	0	0	2	15	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6.0
Byron Beams	T-DT	1961	0	0	0	3	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Beck	DT-DE	1960	0	0	0	4	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Biscaha	E	1960	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Timmy Brown	RB	1968	0	3	4	66	108	1	6	11	1	2	889	3862	31	235	3399	26
Bill Butler	DB-HB	1964	0	0	3	19	75	0	0	0	0	0	29	108	0	6	95	0		11
Don Churchwell	DT-T	1960	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monte Clark	T-DT-DE	1969	0	0	8	46	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5.5
Gene Cook	E	1959	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	43	0
Tommy Davis	K-P	1969	0	2	0	42	138	0	1	0	0	0	6	85	0	0	0	0
Eagle Day	QB	1960	0	0	0	3	16	15	32	194	0	2	6	28	0	0	0	0
Jerry DeLucca	T-DT	1964	0	0	3	17	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willard Dewveall	E	1964	0	1	4	25	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	204	3304	27
Buddy Dial	SE-FL	1966	0	2	5	50	98	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	0	261	5436	44
Paul Dickson	DT-T	1971	0	0	7	48	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			25.5
Eddie Dove	DB	1963	0	1	4	24	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10
Boyd Dowler	FL-SE-WR	1971	0	2	12	75	162	0	0	0	0	0	2	28	0	474	7270	40
Ray Fisher	DT-T-G	1959	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Franckhauser	DB	1963	0	0	2	14	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13
Fred Glick	DB	1966	1	3	6	40	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		30	6.5
Art Gob	DE	1960	0	0	1	2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Grottkau	G	1961	0	0	0	6	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Guzik	LB	1961	0	0	0	5	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Haley	DB-HB-E	1964	0	0	5	24	75	0	0	0	0	0	14	51	1	8	78	0		14
Ken Hall	HB-P	1961	0	0	0	2	34	0	0	0	0	0	51	212	0	8	118	2
Ron Hall	DB	1967	1	1	5	45	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		30	3.5
Bob Harrison	LB	1967	0	0	1	28	106	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	3.0
Alex Hawkins	HB-FL-WR	1968	0	0	3	24	125	0	1	0	0	0	208	787	10	129	1751	12
Rudy Hayes	LB	1962	0	0	0	4	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.0
Mike Henry	LB	1964	0	0	5	26	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	3.0
Larry Hickman	FB	1960	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	12	40	0	1	11	0
Buddy Humphrey	QB	1966	0	0	0	3	26	87	175	1094	4	12	4	11	0	0	0	0
Gene Johnson	DB	1961	0	0	2	6	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4
Pete Johnson	DB	1959	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Emil Karas	LB	1966	0	3	3	30	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	2.5
Ellison Kelly	G	1959	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Kimber	DE	1961	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	48	0
Rich Kreitling	E	1964	0	0	5	21	79	0	0	0	0	0	2	-13	0	123	1775	17
Charlie Krueger	DT-DE	1973	0	2	15	70	198	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	54.0
Don Lawrence	DT-T-G	1961	0	0	1	4	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick LeBeau	DB	1972	0	3	14	80	185	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		62	1.5
Hal Lewis	FB-HB-DB	1962	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	13	20	0	10	107	0
Mac Lewis	T	1959	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Lloyd	LB-C	1970	0	1	8	48	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	23.0
John LoVetere	DT	1965	0	1	6	30	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			23.0
Eddie Meador	DB	1970	2	6	12	89	163	1	5	18	1	0	6	59	1	0	0	0		46
Dale Memmelaar	G-T	1967	0	0	3	27	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Morrison	HB-FL-FB	1972	0	0	6	60	184	3	6	44	0	1	677	2474	18	395	4993	47		2
Ed Nickla	T	1959	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Nocera	LB	1963	0	0	3	15	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0.5
Fran O'Brien	T	1968	0	0	7	35	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clancy Osborne	LB	1964	0	0	4	28	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	9.0
Joe Pagliei	FB	1960	0	0	0	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	19	64	1	3	22	0
Ben Paolucci	DT	1959	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Parrish	DB	1966	0	2	8	52	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		31	3.0
Floyd Peters	DT	1970	0	3	9	53	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	33.0
Richie Petitbon	DB	1972	1	4	13	85	179	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		48	2.0
Nick Pietrosante	FB	1967	0	2	7	38	115	1	2	37	0	1	955	4026	28	141	1391	2
Art Powell	SE-DB-WR	1968	2	4	8	67	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	479	8046	81		3
Bob Ptacek	QB	1959	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	0	0	0	0
Mike Rabold	G	1967	0	0	4	33	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sonny Randle	E-WR	1968	1	4	7	55	122	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	365	5996	65
Jerry Richardson	FL-HB	1960	0	0	0	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	171	4
Joe Robb	DE-LB	1971	0	1	10	60	159	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	39.0
C.R. Roberts	FB	1962	0	0	2	7	27	0	0	0	0	0	155	637	4	21	132	0
Marion Rushing	LB	1968	0	0	4	25	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	10.0
Theron Sapp	FB-HB	1965	0	0	0	7	82	0	0	0	0	0	202	763	5	23	247	0
Dick Schafrath	T-G-DE	1971	3	6	12	94	176	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maury Schleicher	DE-LB	1962	0	0	1	11	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Bob Schmidt	C-T-G	1967	0	3	3	32	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Schmidt	DT-E	1966	0	1	2	27	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6.0
George Scott	HB	1959	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	1	12	0
Ben Scotti	DB	1964	0	0	5	22	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	1.0
Gene Selawski	T-G	1961	0	0	0	8	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Sherer	E	1960	0	0	0	3	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0
J.D. Smith	T	1966	0	1	7	35	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Stacy	DB-FL	1963	0	1	3	25	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	241	1		20
Jim Steffen	DB	1965	0	0	4	30	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	1.0
Bill Striegel	G-T-LB	1960	0	0	0	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Sutherin	DB	1960	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
Lionel Taylor	E-WR-FL	1968	4	3	7	57	121	0	6	0	0	2	4	20	0	567	7195	45
John Tracey	LB-E-DE	1967	0	2	7	52	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	303	0		12	21.5
Jim Wagstaff	DB	1961	0	0	2	14	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9
A.D. Williams	E-FL	1961	0	0	0	2	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	190	1
Sam Williams	DE-E-LB	1967	0	0	6	42	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0		1	34.5
Jerry Wilson	DE	1960	0	0	1	6	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Wooten	G	1968	0	2	8	56	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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