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George Tarasovic

George Kenneth Tarasovic

Position: DE-LB-C
Height: 6-4    Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: May 6, 1930 in Granville, NY
College: Boston College, LSU

Career AV: 56 (1053rd overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (18th overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

50 82 53 52 82 65

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1952 22 PIT 50 12 0 1 4 14 0 1
1953 23 PIT LDE 82 12 0 0 1 3 0 7
1956 26 PIT LLB 53 12 0 3 60 0 31 0 1 0 0 8
1957 27 PIT 52 12 0 2 21 0 11 2
1958 28 PIT LDE 52 12 0 0 1 0 0 9
1959 29 PIT LDE 82 12 0 1 5 57 1 7
1960 30 PIT LDE 82 12 0 1 8 0 8 6
1961 31 PIT LLB 82 12 0 1 16 0 16 0 1 0 0 9
1962 32 PIT LLB 82 14 0 4 55 0 37 6
1963 33 2TM LDE/ 14 6 0 1 0 0 6
PIT 82 8 0 0 1 0 0 1
PHI LDE 82 6 6 5
1964 34 PHI LDE 82 11 11 0 1 16 0 7
1965 35 PHI 82 14 0 1 40 1 40 0 1 62 1 1
1966 36 DEN 65 6 0 1
Career 155 17 12 200 1 40 2 16 152 2 70
10 yrs PIT 118 0 11 160 0 37 2 14 74 1 56
3 yrs PHI 31 17 1 40 1 40 0 2 78 1 13

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1959 29 PIT LDE 82 12 0 1 1 6
1965 35 PHI 82 14 0 1 1 2 12
Career 155 17 2 1 3 18
10 yrs PIT 118 0 1 1 6
3 yrs PHI 31 17 1 1 2 12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Non-Offensive TDs

1959 NFL 1 (2)
1965 NFL 2 (2)

Fumbles Recovered

1952 NFL 4 (5)
1959 NFL 5 (1)
Career 16 (192)

Fumble Return Yds

1959 NFL 57 (1)
1965 NFL 62 (3)
Career 152 (30)

Fumble Return TD

1959 NFL 1 (1)
1965 NFL 1 (1)
Career 2 (37)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1965 NFL 1 (4)

     
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1959UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL