Cleveland Browns 1969 Topps Football Cards
(Complete Set)



Cleveland Browns 1968 Season

Cleveland Browns 1968 Team Photo
  • I start following the Cleveland Browns in 1968 and Leroy Kelly immediately becomes my All-Time favorite player
  • Leroy Kelly leads the NFL in rushing with 1,239 yards
  • Leroy Kelly leads the NFL with 16 rushing touchdowns
  • Leroy Kelly leads the NFL with 20 touchdowns
  • Leroy Kelly leads the NFL in Scoring with 120 points
  • Paul Warfield leads the NFL with 12 receiving touchdowns
  • The Browns defense sets a team record with 32 interceptions including 8 by Ben Davis and 6 each by Mike Howell and Ernie Kellerman. Defensive End Bill Glass had 2 interceptions
  • In the fourth game of the season Bill Nelsen replaces Frank Ryan as the Browns starting quarterback. Two games later Nelsen leads the Browns to a 30-20 victory over the Baltimore Colts and handing the 13-1 Colts their only loss of the season. In the 1968 NFL Championship game the Colts would return the favor with a 34-0 trouncing of the Browns avenging their 27-0 1964 Championship game defeat to Cleveland. The Colts would then be upset in Super Bowl III by Joe Namath and the New York Jets
  • On December 1, 1968 Leroy Kelly scores four touchdowns against the New York Giants
  • Kicker Don Cockroft's Rookie season
  • Browns flanker Tommy McDonald retires after the 1968 season after 11 years in the NFL. He becomes the last non-kicker to not wear a facemask on the field
  • The Topps Card Company makes Leroy Kelly the number "1" card in their 1969 NFL football card set
  • I watch the Colts handily beat the Browns in the NFL Championship game 34-0. A week or so later, while sitting in the local barber shop, the barber knowing I was a Browns fan gives me the Sports Illustrated that has the Browns and Colts game on the cover even though they lost

Finished First Century Division
Coach Blanton Collier - 10-4-0
Defeated Dallas Cowboys 31-20 in Eastern Conf. Championship Game
Lost to Baltimore Colts 34-0 in NFL Championship Game

Team Passing Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
COMP
ATT
COMP %
YARDS
TD
INT
QB Rating
Bill Nelsen
14
152
293
51.9
2366
19
10
86.4
Frank Ryan
7
31
66
47.0
639
7
6
79.0

Team Rushing Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
ATT
YARDS
AVG/ATT
AVG/GAME
LONGEST
TD
FUM
Leroy Kelly
14
248
1239
5.0
88.5
65
16
6
Charlie Harraway
13
91
334
3.7
25.7
23
0
2
Ernie Green
8
41
152
3.7
19.0
14
0
0

Team Receiving Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
REC
YARDS
AVG/REC
AVG/GAME
LONGEST
TD
Paul Warfield
14
50
1067
21.3
76.2
65
12
Milt Morin
14
43
792
18.4
56.6
87
5
Leroy Kelly
14
22
297
13.5
21.2
68
4

Punt Return Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
RET
YARDS
AVG/RET
LONG
TD
Charlie Leigh
14
14
76
5.4
29
0
Ben Davis
14
9
11
1.2
9
0

Kick Return Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
RET
YARDS
AVG/RET
LONG
TD
Charlie Leigh
14
14
322
23.0
41
0
Carl Ward
14
13
236
18.2
35
0

Team Kicking Leader

PLAYER
GAMES
FGA
FGM
FG %
PAT/ATT
PAT/MADE
PAT %
POINTS
Don Cockroft
14
24
18
75.0
48
46
95.8
100

Team Punting Leader

PLAYER
GAMES
PUNTS
YARDS
LONG
BLOCKED
AVG/PUNT
Don Cockroft
14
61
2297
59
0
37.7

Team Interceptions Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
INT
YARDS
TD
LONG
Ben Davis
14
8
162
0
44
Mike Howell
14
6
55
0
24
Ernie Kellerman
14
6
29
0
12




Leroy Kelly 1969 Topps #1 football card

Leroy Kelly 1969 Topps
#1 football card





Erich Barnes 1969 Topps #4 football card

Erich Barnes 1969 Topps
#4 football card





Bob Matheson Rookie 1969 Topps #27 football card

Bob Matheson Rookie 1969 Topps
#27 football card





Bill Nelsen 1969 Topps #52 football card

Bill Nelsen 1969 Topps
52 football card





Bill Glass 1969 Topps #74 football card

Bill Glass 1969 Topps
#74 football card





Ernie Kellerman Rookie 1969 Topps #96 football card

Ernie Kellerman Rookie 1969 Topps
#96 football card





Jim Houston 1969 Topps #121 football card

Jim Houston 1969 Topps
#121 football card





Frank Ryan 1969 Topps #140 football card

Frank Ryan 1969 Topps
#140 football card





Walter Johnson Rookie 1969 Topps #165 football card

Walter Johnson Rookie 1969 Topps
#165 football card





Ben Davis Rookie 1969 Topps #187 football card

Ben Davis Rookie 1969 Topps
#187 football card





Gene Hickerson 1969 Topps #209 football card

Gene Hickerson 1969 Topps
#209 football card





Gary Collins 1969 Topps #234 football card

Gary Collins 1969 Topps
#234 football card




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