Tobin Rote
[edit] Biography
Tobin Rote (Tobin Cornelius Rote) was born on January 18, 1928 in San Antonio, Texas. After going to high school at Harlandale (San Antonio, TX), Rote attended Rice University. Rote made his professional debut in the NFL in 1950 with the Green Bay Packers. He played in the NFL for 10 years, playing for the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions over the course of his 10 year NFL career.Rote also played in the AFL for 3 years, playing for the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos over the course of his 3 year AFL career.
Most people believe that 1956 was Tobin Rote's best year, as he threw for 2203 yards, tossed 18 TDs and ran in 11 TDs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1950
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 224
| 83
| 37.1
| 1231
| 5.5
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 26.7
|
| 1951
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 256
| 106
| 41.4
| 1540
| 6.02
| 15
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 48.6
|
| 1952
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 157
| 82
| 52.2
| 1268
| 8.08
| 13
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 85.6
|
| 1953
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 185
| 72
| 38.9
| 1005
| 5.43
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 32.4
|
| 1954
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 382
| 180
| 47.1
| 2311
| 6.05
| 14
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 59.1
|
| 1955
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 342
| 157
| 45.9
| 1977
| 5.78
| 17
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 57.8
|
| 1956
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 308
| 146
| 47.4
| 2203
| 7.15
| 18
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 70.6
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 177
| 76
| 42.9
| 1070
| 6.05
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 60.2
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 257
| 118
| 45.9
| 1678
| 6.53
| 14
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 69.5
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 162
| 62
| 38.3
| 861
| 5.31
| 5
| 19
| 0
| 232
| 26.8
|
| 1963
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 286
| 170
| 59.4
| 2510
| 8.78
| 20
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 86.7
|
| 1964
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 163
| 74
| 45.4
| 1156
| 7.09
| 9
| 15
| 11
| 97
| 49.5
|
| 1966
| DEN
| AFL
| 3
| 8
| 3
| 37.5
| 40
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14.6
|
| 3 year AFL career
| 31
| 457
| 247
| 54
| 3706
| 8.11
| 29
| 33
| 11
| 97
| 72
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 118
| 2450
| 1082
| 44.2
| 15144
| 6.18
| 119
| 158
| 0
| 232
| 54
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1950
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 27
| 158
| 5.9
| 0
| 29
|
| 1951
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 76
| 523
| 6.9
| 3
| 55t
|
| 1952
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 58
| 313
| 5.4
| 2
| 30
|
| 1953
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 33
| 180
| 5.5
| 0
| 21
|
| 1954
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 67
| 301
| 4.5
| 8
| 30
|
| 1955
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 74
| 332
| 4.5
| 5
| 49
|
| 1956
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 84
| 398
| 4.7
| 11
| 39
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 70
| 366
| 5.2
| 1
| 23
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 77
| 351
| 4.6
| 3
| 27
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 35
| 156
| 4.5
| 2
| 21
|
| 1963
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 24
| 62
| 2.6
| 2
| 15
|
| 1964
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 10
| -12
| -1.2
| 0
| 9
|
| 1966
| DEN
| AFL
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 3 year AFL career
| 31
| 34
| 50
| 1.5
| 2
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 118
| 601
| 3078
| 5.1
| 35
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1950
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 9
| 3
| 0
| -21
| 0
|
| 1951
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 7
| 3
| 0
| -6
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| DEN
| AFL
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 3 year AFL career
| 31
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 118
| 59
| 15
| 0
| -27
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1950
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 11L
|
| 1952
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 28
| 28
| 1
| 28t
|
| 1953
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 1
| -11
| -11
| 0
| -11
|
| 1966
| DEN
| AFL
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 3 year AFL career
| 31
| 1
| -11
| -11
| 0
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 118
| 1
| 39
| 39
| 1
| 0
|
[edit] Punting Stats
| 1950
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 55
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 55
|
| 1952
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 57
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 57
|
| 1954
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| GNB
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| SDG
| AFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| DEN
| AFL
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 3 year AFL career
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 10 year NFL career
| 118
| 2
| 112
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 56
|
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