George Ratterman
George William Ratterman
Born: November 12, 1926
Cincinnati, OH USA
Deceased: November 3, 2007
Centennial, CO
Position: QB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 192
College: Notre Dame
High School: St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH)
Career: 1947-1956
Drafted: 1948 in Round 16, #139 overall by the Boston Yanks
George Ratterman played from 1947 to 1956 during his career with the Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Montreal Alouettes and New York Yanks. Ratterman threw for 10,473 yards in his career, completing 737 of 1,396 passes with 102 touchdowns and 96 interceptions. He also ran for 49 yards in 106 attempts with 14 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 244 | 124 | 50.8 | 1840 | 7.5 | 22 | 9.0 | 20 | 8.2 | 61 | 71.8 |
1948 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 335 | 168 | 50.1 | 2577 | 7.7 | 16 | 4.8 | 22 | 6.6 | 71 | 64.5 |
1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 252 | 146 | 57.9 | 1777 | 7.1 | 14 | 5.6 | 13 | 5.2 | 0 | 76.8 |
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 294 | 140 | 47.6 | 2251 | 7.7 | 22 | 7.5 | 24 | 8.2 | 69 | 64.6 |
1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 67 | 31 | 46.3 | 340 | 5.1 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 36 | 34.4 |
1951 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 20 | 3.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 33.3 | 11 | 43.8 |
1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 41 | 23 | 56.1 | 301 | 7.3 | 4 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 111.9 |
1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 53 | 32 | 60.4 | 465 | 8.8 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 48 | 84.2 |
1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 47 | 32 | 68.1 | 504 | 10.7 | 6 | 12.8 | 3 | 6.4 | 35 | 116.5 |
1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 57 | 39 | 68.4 | 398 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.8 | 3 | 5.3 | 46 | 72.1 |
AAFC | 831 | 438 | 52.7 | 6194 | 7.5 | 52 | 6.3 | 55 | 6.6 | 71 | ||
NFL | 565 | 299 | 52.9 | 4279 | 7.6 | 39 | 6.9 | 41 | 7.3 | 69 | ||
CFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 1396 | 737 | 52.8 | 10473 | 7.5 | 102 | 7.3 | 96 | 6.9 | 71 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 17 | -49 | -2.9 | 0 | 1 |
1948 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 12 | -18 | -1.5 | 0 | 3 |
1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 36 | 85 | 2.4 | 0 | 4 |
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 8 | -13 | -1.6 | 2 | 1 |
1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 10 | 1 |
1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 11 | 1 |
AAFC | 65 | 18 | 0.3 | 0 | 8 | |
NFL | 41 | 31 | 0.8 | 11 | 6 | |
Totals | 106 | 49 | 0.5 | 11 | 14 |
Kicking:
Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
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1947 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
AAFC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1951 | NFL New York Yanks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
NFL | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1947 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1948 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
1949 | AAFC Buffalo Bills | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1950 | NFL New York Yanks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
1954 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1955 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1956 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
AAFC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
NFL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
Totals | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | AAFC | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 4 |
1948 | AAFC | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 13 |
1949 | AAFC | Buffalo Bills | 11 | 11 |
1950 | NFL | New York Yanks | 12 | 12 |
1951 | NFL | New York Yanks | 6 | 1 |
1951 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 11 | |
1952 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 |
1953 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 9 | 1 |
1954 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 6 | 0 |
1955 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 0 |
1956 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 4 | 4 |
Honors
1947 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1950 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)