chicago bears 1959 roster

The 1959 roster for the Bears included Ed Brown at quarterback, John Adams at running back, Bill McColl at wide receiver, Abe Gibron at offensive lineman and Doug Atkins at defensive lineman.

NO. NAME POS HEIGHT WEIGHT DOB AGE COLLEGE
1
39
John Adams
J. Adams
RB
6'3"
235
11/28/1937
22
Cal State Los Angeles
2
81
Doug Atkins
D. Atkins
DL
6'8"
257
5/8/1930
29
Tennessee
3
89
John Aveni
J. Aveni
K
6'3"
212
3/17/1935
24
Indiana
4
24
Erich Barnes
E. Barnes
DB
6'2"
201
7/4/1935
24
Purdue
5
73
Bill Bishop
B. Bishop
DL
6'4"
248
5/8/1931
28
North Texas
6
45
Don Bishop
D. Bishop
DB
6'2"
209
7/1/1934
25
Los Angeles City College
7
12
Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
QB
6'2"
210
10/20/1931
28
Georgia
8
15
Ed Brown
E. Brown
QB
6'2"
200
10/26/1928
31
San Francisco
9
14
Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
QB
6'1"
195
3/15/1932
27
Southern California
10
25
J.C. Caroline
J.C. Caroline
DB
6'0"
185
1/17/1933
26
Illinois
11
35
Rick Casares
R. Casares
RB
6'2"
226
7/4/1931
28
Florida
12
50
John Damore
J. Damore
OL
6'0"
228
10/20/1933
26
Northwestern
13
88
Willard Dewveall
W. Dewveall
WR
6'4"
224
4/29/1936
23
Southern Methodist
14
43
Jim Dooley
J. Dooley
RB
6'4"
198
2/8/1930
29
Miami (FL)
15
36
Merrill Douglas
M. Douglas
RB
6'0"
204
3/15/1936
23
Utah
16
31
Joe Fortunato
J. Fortunato
LB
6'1"
225
3/28/1930
29
Mississippi State
17
28
Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
RB
6'1"
187
3/30/1935
24
Florida A&M
18
61
Bill George
B. George
LB
6'2"
237
10/27/1929
30
Wake Forest
19
67
Abe Gibron
A. Gibron
OL
5'11"
243
9/22/1925
34
Purdue
20
60
Don Healy
D. Healy
OL
6'3"
259
8/28/1936
23
Maryland
21
87
Harlon Hill
H. Hill
WR
6'3"
199
5/4/1932
27
North Alabama
22
54
Chuck Howley
C. Howley
LB
6'3"
228
6/28/1936
23
West Virginia
23
49
Jack Johnson
J. Johnson
DB
6'3"
198
12/11/1933
26
Miami (FL)
24
20
Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
DB
6'2"
200
8/9/1937
22
Virginia Military Institute
25
78
Stan Jones
S. Jones
OL
6'1"
252
11/24/1931
28
Maryland

More Bears Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

25.3

12th

OPP PPG

29.3

25th

RUSH YDS/G

102.3

24th

PASS YDS/G

238.5

9th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Vikings Vikings
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
LV Raiders

1 - 3 - 0

24

Final

25

CHI Bears

2 - 2 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM