Cleveland Browns 1952 Bowman Football Cards
(Complete Set)
Early 1950s Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns 1951 Season

  • Browns lose their first championship game since they were formed in 1946
  • Horace Gillom leads the NFL with a punting average of 45.5 yards
  • On November 25, 1951 in a game against the Chicago Bears and in which the officials call 21 penalties against the Browns for 299 yards, Dub Jones ties Ernie Nevers 22-year old record by scoring 6 touchdowns (4 rushing, 2 receiving) in a 42-21 victory. The record sixth touchdown comes after Paul Brown sends in a play that did not involve Jones. In the huddle left guard Abe Gibron tells Graham to change Brown's play call (which is always a dangerous thing for Graham to do especially if his audible fails) and throw a pass to Jones. Graham agrees and throws a 43 yard touchdown pass to Jones, the record-tying sixth
  • Rookie cornerback and future Hall of Fame coach Don Shula has 4 interceptions
  • The 1952 Bowman Card set contains the only football card of Paul Brown while he was coaching the Browns other than the Topps team photo football cards issued beginning in 1956

1951 NFL American Conference Champions
Coach Paul Brown - 11-1-0
Lost to Los Angeles Rams 24-17
in Championship Game

Team Passing Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
COMP
ATT
COMP %
YARDS
TD
INT
QB Rating
Otto Graham
12
147
265
55.5
2205
17
16
79.2

Team Rushing Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
ATT
YARDS
AVG/ATT
AVG/GAME
LONGEST
TD
FUM
Dub Jones
12
104
492
4.7
41.0
43
7
3
Ken Carpenter
11
85
402
4.7
36.5
30
4
2
Marion Motley
11
61
273
4.5
24.8
26
1
1

Team Receiving Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
REC
YARDS
AVG/REC
AVG/GAME
LONGEST
TD
Dante Lavelli
12
43
586
13.6
48.8
47
6
Mac Speedie
10
34
589
17.3
58.9
51
3
Dub Jones
12
30
570
19.0
47.5
81
5

Punt Return Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
RET
YARDS
AVG/RET
LONG
TD
Ken Carpenter
11
14
173
12.4
49
0
Cliff Lewis
12
14
48
3.4
11
0

Kick Return Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
RET
YARDS
AVG/RET
LONG
TD
Ken Carpenter
11
9
196
21.8
48
0
Rex Bumgardner
10
3
75
25.0
33
0
Don Phelps
4
3
66
22.0
25
0
Carl Taseff
9
3
56
18.7
20
0

Team Kicking Leader

PLAYER
GAMES
FGA
FGM
FG %
PAT/ATT
PAT/MADE
PAT %
POINTS
Lou Groza
12
23
10
43.5
43
43
100.0
73

Team Punting Leader

PLAYER
GAMES
PUNTS
YARDS
LONG
BLOCKED
AVG/PUNT
Horace Gillom
12
73
3321
66
0
45.5

Team Interceptions Leaders

PLAYER
GAMES
INT
YARDS
TD
LONG
Warren Lahr
12
5
95
2
29
Cliff Lewis
12
5
46
0
20
Don Shula
12
4
23
0
16




Otto Graham 1952 Bowman #2 football card

Otto Graham 1952 Bowman
#2 football card



Paul Brown Rookie 1952 Bowman #14 football card

Paul Brown Rookie 1952 Bowman
#14 football card




Tom Thompson Rookie 1952 Bowman #26 football card

Tom Thompson Rookie 1952 Bowman
#26 football card





Keever Jankovich Rookie 1952 Bowman #38 football card

Keever Jankovich Rookie 1952 Bowman
#38 football card




John Sandusky Rookie 1952 Bowman #50 football card

John Sandusky Rookie 1952 Bowman
#50 football card



Walt Michaels Rookie 1952 Bowman #62 football card

Walt Michaels Rookie 1952 Bowman
#62 football card




Dick Logan Rookie 1952 Bowman #67 football card

Dick Logan Rookie 1952 Bowman
#67 football card



Joe Campanella Rookie 1952 Bowman #74 football card

Joe Campanella Rookie 1952 Bowman
#74 football card




Dub Jones 1952 Bowman #86 football card

Dub Jones 1952 Bowman
#86 football card



Lou Groza 1952 Bowman #105 football card

Lou Groza 1952 Bowman
#105 football card




George Ratterman 1952 Bowman #111 football card

George Ratterman 1952 Bowman
#111 football card



Dante Lavelli 1952 Bowman #128 football card

Dante Lavelli 1952 Bowman
#128 football card




Bert Rechichar 1952 Bowman #136 football card

Bert Rechichar 1952 Bowman
#136 football card


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