Bob Ptacek
| No. 14 Cleveland Browns | |
 Ptacek in 1958 against Illinois |
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| Date of birth: | April 23, 1937 |
| Place of birth: | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Quarterback, Defensive Back, Linebacker |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| College: | Michigan |
| NFL Draft: | 1959 / Round: 8 / Pick: 87 |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1959 1960-1965 |
Cleveland Browns Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Robert J. "Bob" Ptacek, Jr. (born April 23, 1937) is a former professional American and Canadian football quarterback, defensive back, and linebacker who was drafted in the 1959 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns.[1] He played for the Browns during the 1959 NFL season.[2] He also was a Canadian Football League All-Star with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1964 as a defensive back and was an all Western Conference linebacker in 1961.
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[edit] Michigan
He had been the starting quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football team for all nine games of the 1958 NCAA Division I-A football season and he was named the team Most Valuable Player,[3] as well as the Hula Bowl and College All-Star Game MVP.[4] In 1956 and 1957, Jim Van Pelt had been the starting quarterback, but Ptacek started two games at halfback in 1956.[5] In the 1958 Michigan-Ohio State game, Ptacek set a new Big Ten Conference record of 24 pass completions in a single game; Ptacek's 24 completions were good for 241 yards and two touchdowns.[6] In August 1959, he was voted the Most Valuable Player in the 26th Annual College All-Star game, matching the college all-stars against the Baltimore Colts.[7] Ptacek had attended Holy Name High School in Cleveland.[8]
[edit] Professional career
He played for Saskatchewan from 1960–65, and he was inducted into the Saskatchewan Roughriders Plaza of Honour in 2001.[9] During his career in the CFL, he scored four rushing touchdowns on offense and two on interception returns. He passed for 299 completions, including 25 touchdowns, on a total of 525 pass attempts.[10] He was named to the All-Canadian team as a defensive back in 1964 as well as All-WFC in 1961 as a linebacker and 1964 defensive back.[10]
He holds the Canadian Football League record for most fumble returns in a playoff season with 3 in 1963.[11]
[edit] Statistics
| PASSING | RUSHING | RECEIVING | DEFENSE | |||||||||||||
| Season | Team | Attempts | Completions | Yards | TDs | Int. | Carries | Yards | TDs | Rec | Yards | TDs | Int. | Yards | TDs | Fumble |
| 1959 | Cleveland | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1960 | Saskatchewan | 178 | 99 | 1469 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 204 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1961 | Saskatchewan | 52 | 29 | 317 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 88 | 0 | 6 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | Saskatchewan | 206 | 125 | 2317 | 15 | 10 | 34 | 149 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | Saskatchewan | 24 | 12 | 131 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 1 |
| 1964 | Saskatchewan | 65 | 34 | 413 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | Saskatchewan | 3 | ||||||||||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "1959 NFL Player Draft". databaseFootball.com. databaseSports.com. 2006. http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1959&lg=nfl. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ "All-Time Players: Bob Ptacek". NFL Enterprises LLC. http://www.nfl.com/players/bobptacek/careerstats?id=PTA415291. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ "1958 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. 2007-03-31. http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1958fbt.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ "I-A College Football: College Football Matchup - Hula Bowl". MercuryNews.com. San Jose Mercury News. http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=bayareaca&page=cfoot/scores/live/match20432.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- ^ "1956 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. 2007-03-31. http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1956fbt.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ UPI wire service report (1958-11-23). "Michigan Upset Hopes Chilled By Buckeyes". Syracuse Herald-American.
- ^ AP wire service report (1959-08-16). "Ptacek Is College All-Star MVP". The Modesto Bee.
- ^ "Bob Ptacek". databaseFootball.com. databaseSports.com. 2006. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PTACEBOB01. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ "PLAZA OF HONOUR". Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20071212024522/http://www.saskriders.com/modules.php?name=News&file=throughtheyears&f_subcat=plaza. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- ^ a b Phillips, Curt (1997). Saskatchewan Roughriders: Player Reference 1960–1996. Westar Copier Co., Inc.. p. 215. ISBN 0-9682211-0-6.
- ^ "HISTORY >> All-Time Playoff Records". Canadian Football League. http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=page&id=171. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
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