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.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTDOBAGECOLLEGE
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 Leaders

PASS

618

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

130

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

193

Loveland

Colston Loveland
Team Rankings

PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
Last Game
LAR Rams

2 - 0

20

Final

17

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176