Larry Rakestraw
American football player (1942–2019)
American football player
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| Born: | (1942-04-22)April 22, 1942 Mableton, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||
| Died: | August 4, 2019(2019-08-04) (aged 77) Suwanee, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||
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| College: | Georgia | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1964 / Round: 8 / Pick: 112 | ||||||
| AFL draft: | 1964 / Round: 11 / Pick: 87 | ||||||
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Larry Clyde Rakestraw (April 22, 1942 – August 4, 2019) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons for the Chicago Bears. Rakestraw attended the University of Georgia where he was a three-year starter at quarterback. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Larry lived in Suwanee, Georgia and had 11 grandchildren. He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
College records at UGA
- Two time All-Southeastern Conference.
- Passed for more than 3,000 yards.
- Starting quarterback as a So, Jr and Sr.
- Led the SEC in pass completions and passing yardage in his senior year.
- Senior Bowl most valuable player.
1963 Georgia vs. Miami
Rakestraw had 407 yards passing against Miami and broke one NCAA record - and 3 SEC records (414 total offense, 25 pass completions, 407 yards passing yards).
Rakestraw died on August 4, 2019, at the age of 77.[3]
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Former Georgia quarterback Larry Rakestraw dies". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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Georgia Bulldogs starting quarterbacks
- W.N. Gramling (1892)
- George Butler (1893–1894)
- Craig Barrow (1895)
- Richard Von Albade Gammon (1896)
- Reynolds Tichenor (1897)
- James Huff (1898)
- ? Young (1899)
- F.K. McCutcheon (1899–1900)
- Cam Dorsey (1900)
- Johnny Monahan (1901–1902)
- Harry Woodruff (1903–1904)
- J.D. Lowndes (1905–1906)
- E. Farriss (1906)
- George Woodruff (1907–1908, 1910–1911)
- John Northcutt (1909)
- Hafford Hay (1909–1910)
- Homer Thompson (1910)
- Leon Covington (1912)
- David Paddock (1913–1915)
- William Donnelly (1916)
- Buck Cheves (1919–1920)
- Sheldon Fitts (1920)
- Teany Randall (1921)
- Dick Mulvehill (1922)
- Dave Collings (1922)
- Scrappy Moore (1923–1925)
- Johnny Broadnax (1926–1927)
- H.F. Johnson (1926–1928)
- ? Moran (1929)
- Austin Downes (1929–1931)
- Leroy Young (1932)
- Byron Griffith (1933–1934)
- Charlie Treadaway (1935)
- Andy Roddenberry (1936)
- Lewis Young (1936–1937)
- Wallace Miller (1937)
- Bob Salisbury (1938)
- Robin Nowell (1939)
- Paul Kluk (1940)
- Cliff Kimsey (1941)
- Walter Maguire (1942)
- Bobby Hague (1943)
- Billy Hodges (1944)
- John Rauch (1945–1948)
- Ray Prosperi (1949)
- Zeke Bratkowski (1950–1952)
- Jimmy Harper (1953–1955)
- Billy Hearn (1956)
- Charley Britt (1957–1959)
- Fran Tarkenton (1959–1960)
- Larry Rakestraw (1961–1963)
- Lynn Hughes (1964)
- Kirby Moore (1965–1967)
- Mike Cavan (1968–1970)
- Andy Johnson (1971–1973)
- Matt Robinson (1974)
- Ray Goff (1975–1976)
- Jeff Pyburn (1977–1979)
- Buck Belue (1979–1981)
- John Lastinger (1982–1983)
- Todd Williams (1983–1984)
- Wayne Johnson (1985–1988)
- James Jackson (1985–1987)
- Greg Talley (1989–1991)
- Preston Jones (1990)
- Joe Dupree (1990)
- Eric Zeier (1991–1994)
- Mike Bobo (1995–1997)
- Hines Ward (1995)
- Brian Smith (1995)
- Quincy Carter (1998–2000)
- Cory Phillips (2000)
- David Greene (2001–2004)
- D.J. Shockley (2004–2005)
- Joe Tereshinski (2005–2006)
- Matthew Stafford (2006–2008)
- Joe Cox (2006, 2009)
- Aaron Murray (2010–2013)
- Hutson Mason (2013–2014)
- Greyson Lambert (2015–2016)
- Faton Bauta (2015)
- Jacob Eason (2016–2017)
- Jake Fromm (2017–2019)
- D'Wan Mathis (2020)
- Stetson Bennett (2020–2022)
- JT Daniels (2020–2021)
- Carson Beck (2023–present)
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