Zeke Bratkowski
Bratkowski in June 2008.
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 20, 1931 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Danville, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Danville (IL) Schlarman | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1953 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17 | ||||||||||||||
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| Pass attempts: | 1,484 |
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| Pass completions: | 762 |
| Percentage: | 51.3 |
| TD–INT: | 65–122 |
| Passing yards: | 10,345 |
| QB Rating: | 54.3 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Edmund Raymond "Zeke" Bratkowski (born October 20, 1931) is a former American football player, a quarterback in the National Football League for fourteen seasons with the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, and Green Bay Packers.
He was an All-American at the University of Georgia in Athens, and later was an assistant coach in the NFL for over two decades. He is the father of former Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski.
Born and raised in Danville, Illinois, Bratkowski played high school football at Schlarman Academy in Danville and graduated in 1949. He came to national prominence in his sophomore season in at Georgia in 1951, and was twice the SEC passing leader under head coach Wally Butts. During his three-year career with the Bulldogs, he completed 360 passes for 4,863 yards.
Bratkowski was considered one of college football's greatest quarterbacks of his day and was the NCAA's all-time leading passer until 1961. Today, he still ranks sixth on Georgia's list of career passing leaders. Bratkowski also led the NCAA in punting his senior year in 1953 with a 42.6 yard average. He was selected for the North–South All-Star Game in Miami in December, and led the South to a 20–0 victory.
Bratkowski was selected in the second round of the 1953 NFL draft in January, 17th overall, by the Chicago Bears as a "future choice" after his redshirt junior season, then played his fifth-year senior season at Georgia in 1953. He joined the Bears as a rookie in 1954, and after George Blanda was lost for the season with a separated shoulder in mid-November, Bratkowski started and won the last four games of the season. Bratkowski then served in the U.S. Air Force for two years, missing the 1955 and 1956 seasons. He returned in 1957 and shared time at quarterback with Ed Brown, and played five seasons in Chicago, through 1960.
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