Quarterback, Georgia, 1945
John Rauch
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John Rauch played quarterback at Georgia (1945). The Detroit Lions took Rauch in the first round, No. 2 overall in the 1949 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
At a glance
- Best season
- 1948
- SEC Player of the Year and First-team All-SEC
Honors
- Inducted 2003College Football Hall of Fame
- 1946, 1947Second-team All-SEC
- 1948SEC Player of the Year
- 1948First-team All-SEC
All-America: FWAA first team 1948; AP second team 1948; Sporting News second team 1948; UP second team 1948; NEA third team 1948; Walter Camp first team 1948; Look magazine 1948; Central Press second team 1948
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
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