A 2nd round pick from Penn State, Plum was chosen by the Cleveland Browns in 1957. Sharing quarterbacking duties with starter Tommy O'Connell, the Browns posted a 9-2-1 record winning the Eastern Conference title his rookie season. He stayed with Cleveland until 1961 leading them to 33 wins while passing for 8914 yards and 66 touchdowns.
He led the NFL in Completion Percentage 1959, 1960 and 1961. His quarterback rating of 110.4 was the NFL's best until 1989 when bested by Joe Montana.
A 2nd round pick from Penn State, Plum was chosen by the Cleveland Browns in 1957. Sharing quarterbacking duties with starter Tommy O'Connell, the Browns posted a 9-2-1 record winning the Eastern Conference title his rookie season. He stayed with Cleveland until 1961 leading them to 33 wins while passing for 8914 yards and 66 touchdowns.
He led the NFL in Completion Percentage 1959, 1960 and 1961. His quarterback rating of 110.4 was the NFL's best until 1989 when bested by Joe Montana.
A 2nd round pick from Penn State, Plum was chosen by the Cleveland Browns in 1957. Sharing quarterbacking duties with starter Tommy O'Connell, the Browns posted a 9-2-1 record winning the Eastern Conference title his rookie season. He stayed with Cleveland until 1961 leading them to 33 wins while passing for 8914 yards and 66 touchdowns.
He led the NFL in Completion Percentage 1959, 1960 and 1961. His quarterback rating of 110.4 was the NFL's best until 1989 when bested by Joe Montana.
A 2nd round pick from Penn State, Plum was chosen by the Cleveland Browns in 1957. Sharing quarterbacking duties with starter Tommy O'Connell, the Browns posted a 9-2-1 record winning the Eastern Conference title his rookie season. He stayed with Cleveland until 1961 leading them to 33 wins while passing for 8914 yards and 66 touchdowns.
He led the NFL in Completion Percentage 1959, 1960 and 1961. His quarterback rating of 110.4 was the NFL's best until 1989 when bested by Joe Montana.
A 2nd round pick from Penn State, Plum was chosen by the Cleveland Browns in 1957. Sharing quarterbacking duties with starter Tommy O'Connell, the Browns posted a 9-2-1 record winning the Eastern Conference title his rookie season. He stayed with Cleveland until 1961 leading them to 33 wins while passing for 8914 yards and 66 touchdowns.
He led the NFL in Completion Percentage 1959, 1960 and 1961. His quarterback rating of 110.4 was the NFL's best until 1989 when bested by Joe Montana.
A 2nd round pick from Penn State, Plum was chosen by the Cleveland Browns in 1957. Sharing quarterbacking duties with starter Tommy O'Connell, the Browns posted a 9-2-1 record winning the Eastern Conference title his rookie season. He stayed with Cleveland until 1961 leading them to 33 wins while passing for 8914 yards and 66 touchdowns.
He led the NFL in Completion Percentage 1959, 1960 and 1961. His quarterback rating of 110.4 was the NFL's best until 1989 when bested by Joe Montana.
After a very successful 5 seasons with the Browns he was traded to Detroit in a deal that involved 6 players. And while he didn't have the same fame he enjoyed at Cleveland, he did manage to pass for over 8600 yards and 56 touchdowns.
He finished his 13 year career with 129 games, 1306 attempts, 2419 completions, a 54.0% completion percentage, 17,536 yards and 122 touchdowns.
After a very successful 5 seasons with the Browns he was traded to Detroit in a deal that involved 6 players. And while he didn't have the same fame he enjoyed at Cleveland, he did manage to pass for over 8600 yards and 56 touchdowns.
He finished his 13 year career with 129 games, 1306 attempts, 2419 completions, a 54.0% completion percentage, 17,536 yards and 122 touchdowns.
After a very successful 5 seasons with the Browns he was traded to Detroit in a deal that involved 6 players. And while he didn't have the same fame he enjoyed at Cleveland, he did manage to pass for over 8600 yards and 56 touchdowns.
He finished his 13 year career with 129 games, 1306 attempts, 2419 completions, a 54.0% completion percentage, 17,536 yards and 122 touchdowns.
After a very successful 5 seasons with the Browns he was traded to Detroit in a deal that involved 6 players. And while he didn't have the same fame he enjoyed at Cleveland, he did manage to pass for over 8600 yards and 56 touchdowns.
He finished his 13 year career with 129 games, 1306 attempts, 2419 completions, a 54.0% completion percentage, 17,536 yards and 122 touchdowns.
After a very successful 5 seasons with the Browns he was traded to Detroit in a deal that involved 6 players. And while he didn't have the same fame he enjoyed at Cleveland, he did manage to pass for over 8600 yards and 56 touchdowns.
He finished his 13 year career with 129 games, 1306 attempts, 2419 completions, a 54.0% completion percentage, 17,536 yards and 122 touchdowns.
After a very successful 5 seasons with the Browns he was traded to Detroit in a deal that involved 6 players. And while he didn't have the same fame he enjoyed at Cleveland, he did manage to pass for over 8600 yards and 56 touchdowns.
He finished his 13 year career with 129 games, 1306 attempts, 2419 completions, a 54.0% completion percentage, 17,536 yards and 122 touchdowns.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Milt Plum fires off a pass under pressure
from the Giants Jim Katcavage. At the time of this picture, probably taken
in 1960, Plum was an up-and-coming young superstar among NFL quarterbacks of
the time. It was almost 50 years later when some of his records were still
being chased by the likes of Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.
3-Time Pro Bowler with the Browns. 1959, 1960 and 1961.
Set an NFL of 208 consecutive passes without an interception between 1959 and 1960.
Selected as #50 among the 100 Best Cleveland Browns players of All-Time.
Taken from the early 1960s Browns quarterback Milt Plum gets behind the blocking of center John Morrow (#56) as Dick Schafrath (#77) takes Billy Ray Smith (#77) of the Steelers out of the play.
Old School NFL - 1961! Browns halfback Bobby Mithcell takes off after taking in a pass against Pittsburgh. Steelers defender Dicky Moegle moves in after hurdling Browns blocker Dick Schafrath (#77). 1961 would be Mitchell's last season with Cleveland as he joined Washington in 1962.
Cleveland Browns Head Coach is caught with quarterback Milt Plum on the Browns sideline sometime in 1961. The Browns finished 3rd in the NFL East Division with a 8-5-1 record. Plum though had a solid year though completing 58.6% of his 302 attempts for 2416 yards, 18 touchdowns and a 90.3 passer rating. Was named to a second consecutive Pro Bowl too.
Packers Hall of Famer Willie Davis (#87) gives chase as Lions quarterback Milt Plum (#16) scrambles.
Browns quarterback Milt Plum looks for a way to deliver a pass around the oncoming rush of Giants Rosey Grier
Lions QB Milt Plum (#16) passes Over Colts defenders Fred Miller (#76), Ordell Braase (#81) & Gino Marchetti (#89) in 1964. Also shown is Lions runner Nick Pietrosante (#33) in the center.
This pass play doesn't look like it's going anywhere as Rams Hall of Fame defensive lineman Deacon Jones (#75) leads the charge against Lions quarterback Milt Plum (#16). Fullback Tom Nowatzke (#35) can do little more than hope for the best.
Browns quarterback needs some fancy footwork to get away from Eagles Don Burroughs (#45), Chuck Weber (#51). Plum was the Browns starter in 1961 and had a good year. Leading the Browns to 7 victories he had 2416 passing yards and 18 touchdown passes. His 58.6% Completion Percentage was best in the league too.
Jim Brown takes a handoff from quarterback Milt Plum and tries the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive line as Hall of Famer Mike McCormack (#74) clears the way. We think this is from the October of 1960 game where Plum threw for 308 yards in a 28-20 Browns win. The Steelers at the far-left look like Pro Bowler Ernie Stautner and linebacker Mike Henry (#37) and the other Cleveland player in the Foreground could be #54, All Pro Jim Ray Smith.
Giants great Jim Katcavage puts Browns QB Milt Plum under some heat. The picture could be from the 48-7 Giants win over Cleveland in December of 1959.
Redskin defenders John Riger, Sam Huff and Paul Krause put the stop on a Detroit Lions runner in a mid-1960s Lions-Redskins showdown. Lions QB Milt Plum watches from the backfield.
Blocked for him in Detroit for 4 years. Unfortunately, our offensive coordinator had no clue and was unable to help Milt play to his skill set like Paul Brown did. Our OC was unable to utilize the skill players we had at many positions. It was why I quit as a 4 year starter. Not much difference 55 years later…lol