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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 Col., LSU   (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (18th overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (10544th overall since 1950)

50 82 53 52 82 65

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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 7:25PM
All-Time Rank: #1358. Red Phillips… #1359. Shawn Jefferson… #1360. Ron Kramer… #1361. GEORGE TARASOVIC… #1362. Brad Meester… #1363. Bennie McRae… #1364. Bill Bishop… 

Defense & Fumbles

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 0
1953 23 PIT LDE 82 12 0 0 1 3 0 0
1956 26 PIT LLB 53 12 3 60 0 31 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1957 27 PIT 52 12 2 21 0 11 0 0
1958 28 PIT LDE 52 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
1959 29 PIT LDE 82 12 0 1 5 57 1 0
1960 30 PIT LDE 82 12 1 8 0 8 0 0
1961 31 PIT LLB 82 12 1 16 0 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1962 32 PIT LLB 82 14 4 55 0 37 0 0
1963 33 2TM 14 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
PIT 82 8 0 0 1 0 0 0
PHI LDE 82 6 6 0
1964 34 PHI LDE 82 11 11 0 0 1 16 0 0
1965 35 PHI 82 14 1 40 1 40 0 0 0 1 62 1 0
1966 36 DEN 65 6 0
Career 155 17 12 200 1 40 0 0 2 16 152 2 0
10 yrs PIT 118 0 11 160 0 37 0 0 2 14 74 1 0
3 yrs PHI 31 17 1 40 1 40 0 0 0 2 78 1 0

Scoring Summary

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 1 1 6
1965 35 PHI 82 14 1 1 2 12
Career 155 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

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Non-Offensive TDs
1959 NFL 1 (2)
1965 NFL 2 (2)

Fumbles Recovered
1952 NFL 4 (5)
1959 NFL 5 (1)

Fumble Return Yds
1959 NFL 57 (1)
1965 NFL 62 (3)
Career 152 (32)

Fumble Return TD
1959 NFL 1 (1)
1965 NFL 1 (1)
Career 2 (39)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1965 NFL 1 (4)

     

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19592nd TeamAll-NFLUPI