George Cafego
George Cafego
Born: August 30, 1915
Whipple, WV USA
Deceased: February 9, 1998
Knoxville, TN
Position: FB-QB-HB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 169
College: Tennessee
High School: Scarbro (WV)
Career: 1940-1945
Drafted: 1940 in Round 1, #1 overall by the Chicago Cardinals
George Cafego played from 1940 to 1945 during his career with the Boston Yanks, Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers and Washington Redskins. Cafego threw for 966 yards in his career, completing 77 of 161 passes with 5 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. He also ran for 77 yards in 155 attempts with 1 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL Brooklyn Dodgers | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 105 | 6.2 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 11.8 | 0 | 42.2 |
1943 | NFL Brooklyn Dodgers | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 209 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8.3 | 36 | 30.9 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 49 | 5.4 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 108.1 |
1944 | NFL Boston Yanks | 73 | 35 | 47.9 | 454 | 6.2 | 3 | 4.1 | 7 | 9.6 | 50 | 42.1 |
1945 | NFL Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 149 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 15.4 | 29 | 28.0 |
Totals | 161 | 77 | 47.8 | 966 | 6.0 | 5 | 3.1 | 16 | 9.9 | 50 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL Brooklyn Dodgers | 41 | 109 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | NFL Brooklyn Dodgers | 19 | -46 | -2.4 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 20 | 0 |
1944 | NFL Boston Yanks | 61 | 31 | 0.5 | 17 | 1 |
1945 | NFL Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers | 19 | -51 | -2.7 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 155 | 77 | 0.5 | 20 | 1 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL Brooklyn Dodgers | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 |
1944 | NFL Boston Yanks | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
Totals | 13 | 133 | 10.2 | 15 | 0 |
Punting:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 |
1943 | NFL Brooklyn Dodgers | 10 | 307 | 30.7 | 61 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 11 | 412 | 37.5 | 68 |
1944 | NFL Boston Yanks | 16 | 582 | 36.4 | 57 |
1945 | NFL Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers | 6 | 213 | 35.5 | 39 |
Totals | 44 | 1532 | 34.8 | 68 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1943 | NFL Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
1944 | NFL Boston Yanks | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 16 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 16 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1943 | NFL Brooklyn Dodgers | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 |
1943 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 35 | 0 |
1944 | NFL Boston Yanks | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 313 | 22.4 | 35 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | NFL Boston Yanks | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 39 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1945 | NFL Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1944 | NFL Boston Yanks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 10 | 4 |
1943 | NFL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 5 | 3 |
1943 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 4 | 3 |
1944 | NFL | Boston Yanks | 9 | 5 |
1945 | NFL | Boston Yanks/Brooklyn Tigers | 7 | 5 |