Tobin Rote
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 18, 1928 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | San Antonio, Texas | ||||||||
| Date of death: | June 27, 2000 (aged 72) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Saginaw, Michigan | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 211 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | San Antonio Harlandale (TX) | ||||||||
| College: | Rice | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1950 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17 | ||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 148–191 |
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| Passing yards: | 18,850 |
| Passer rating: | 56.8 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Tobin Cornelius Rote (January 18, 1928 – June 27, 2000) was an American football player who played quarterback for the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos of the American Football League (AFL).
Born in San Antonio, Texas, to William Pemberton Rote, Jr. (1891–1950) and Augusta Marie (Tietschert) Rote (1896–1969). Rote attended Harlandale High School in San Antonio and graduated in 1946. He was named "most athletic boy" by his classmates.
He is the cousin of former New York Giants receiver and sportscaster Kyle Rote, sharing paternal grandparents.
Rote played college football at Rice Institute in Houston, quarterbacking the Owls under head coach Jess Neely. As a senior in 1949, Rote led the Owls to a 10–1 season, capped by a 27–13 win over North Carolina in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on January 2.
During the fourth game of the season in mid-October against rival SMU (that featured cousin Kyle Rote), he led the Owls back from a 14–0 deficit to a 41–27 win at the Cotton Bowl. The next week saw Rote lead a comeback against Texas, turning a 9–0 halftime deficit into a 17–15 win at Austin. With a flawless conference record, the Owls were outright Southwest Conference champions for the third time.
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