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1959 NFL Awards

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NFL Coach of the Year	Vince Lombardi	Green Bay Packers	AP
NFL Player of the Year	Charley Conerly	New York Giants	AP NEA
NFL Player of the Year	Johnny Unitas	Baltimore Colts	UPI TSN MAX
NFL Rookie of the Year	Boyd Dowler	Green Bay Packers	UPI
NFL Rookie of the Year	Nick Pietrosante	Detroit Lions	AP TSN

All-NFL
Offense	Position	Team	Selectors
Raymond Berry	OE	Baltimore Colts	AP UPI NEA NY
Del Shofner	OE	Los Angeles Rams	AP UPI NEA NY
Rosey Brown	OT	New York Giants	AP UPI NEA NY
Jim Parker	OT	Baltimore Colts	AP UPI NEA NY
Stan Jones	OG	Chicago Bears	AP
Duane Putnam	OG	Los Angeles Rams	NEA
Jim Ray Smith	OG	Cleveland Browns	AP UPI NEA NY
Art Spinney	OG	Baltimore Colts	UPI NY
Jim Ringo	C	Green Bay Packers	AP UPI NEA NY
Johnny Unitas	QB	Baltimore Colts	AP UPI NEA NY
Frank Gifford	HB	New York Giants	AP UPI NEA NY
Lenny Moore	HB	Baltimore Colts	AP NEA NY
J.D. Smith	HB	San Francisco 49ers	UPI
Jim Brown	FB	Cleveland Browns	AP UPI NEA NY
Defense	Position	Team	Selectors
Gino Marchetti	DE	Baltimore Colts	AP-NFL UPI-NFL NEA-NFL NY-NFL
Andy Robustelli	DE	New York Giants	AP-NFL UPI-NFL NEA-NFL NY-NFL
Gene Lipscomb	DT	Baltimore Colts	AP-NFL UPI-NFL NY-NFL
Leo Nomellini	DT	San Francisco 49ers	AP-NFL UPI-NFL NEA-NFL NY-NFL
Ernie Stautner	DT	Pittsburgh Steelers	NEA-NFL
Walt Michaels	LB	Cleveland Browns	NY-NFL
Joe Schmidt	LB	Detroit Lions	AP-NFL UPI-NFL NEA-NFL NY-NFL
Bill George	LB/MG	Chicago Bears	AP-NFL UPI-NFL NEA-NFL
Sam Huff	LB/MG	New York Giants	AP-NFL UPI-NFL NEA-NFL NY-NFL
Tom Brookshier	CB	Philadelphia Eagles	NEA-NFL
Yale Lary	CB	Detroit Lions	NEA-NFL
Abe Woodson	CB	San Francisco 49ers	AP-NFL UPI-NFL
Dean Derby	CB/S	Pittsburgh Steelers	UPI-NFL NY-NFL
Andy Nelson	S	Baltimore Colts	AP-NFL NY-NFL
Jimmy Patton	S	New York Giants	AP-NFL UPI-NFL NEA-NFL NY-NFL
Jack Butler	S/CB	Pittsburgh Steelers	AP-NFL UPI-NFL NEA-NFL NY-NFL

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

AP=Associated Press MAX=Maxwell Club NEA=Newspaper Enterprise Association NY=New York Daily News UPI=United Press International

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