Larry Rakestraw
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||
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Born: | Mableton, Georgia | April 22, 1942||||||
Died: | August 4, 2019 Suwanee, Georgia | (aged 77)||||||
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College: | Georgia | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1964 / Round: 8 / Pick: 112 | ||||||
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Larry Clyde Rakestraw (April 22, 1942 – August 4, 2019) was an American football quarterback in the 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, Ga 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.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
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: 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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- 1942 births
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- American football quarterbacks
- Chicago Bears players
- Georgia Bulldogs football players
- People from Mableton, Georgia
- Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Sportspeople from Cobb County, Georgia
- American football quarterback stubs