GEORGE TALIAFERROTaliaferro, GeorgeHeight: 5-11 Weight: 196 Born: January 8, 1927 Gates, TN Died: October 8, 2018 High School: Theodore Roosevelt (Gary, IN) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Indiana | Lettered |
| 1946 | Indiana | |
| 1947 | Indiana | Lettered |
| 1948 | Indiana | Lettered |
| Draft: 1st round (5th overall) 1949 Los Angeles Dons; 13th round (129th overall) 1949 Chicago Bears |
| Military Service: United States Army |
| Relatives: Brother of Claude Taliaferro |
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| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC | 93 | TB-LDH | 11 | 4 |
| 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL | 20 | LOH-FB | 12 | 12 |
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 20 | LOH-ROH-RS | 12 | 5 |
| 1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL | 20 | LOH | 12 | 12 |
| 1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1953 BAL NFL | 20 | LOH-QB | 11 | 11 |
| 1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL | 20 | LOH-ROH-QB | 11 | 7 |
| 1955 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1955 PHI NFL | 24 | LOH-ROH | 3 | 0 |
| 7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL | 72 | 51 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 12/21/1948 | 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC |
| Draft | 12/21/1948 | 1949 Chicago Bears (NFL)1949 CHIB NFL |
| Signed | 1/2/1949 | 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC |
| Allocation Draft | 6/2/1950 | 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL |
| Released | 1955 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1955 BAL NFL | |
| Signed | 9/9/1955 | 1955 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1955 PHI NFL |
| Released | 10/17/1955 | 1955 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1955 PHI NFL |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 42 | ||
| 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 54 | ||
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | ||
| 1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1953 BAL NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| 1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 28 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 168 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC | 95 | 472 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL | 88 | 411 | 4.7 | 44 | 4 | ||||
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 62 | 330 | 5.3 | 65t | 3 | ||||
| 1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL | 100 | 419 | 4.2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1953 BAL NFL | 102 | 479 | 4.7 | 50 | 2 | ||||
| 1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL | 48 | 157 | 3.3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1955 PHI NFL | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 498 | 2266 | 4.6 | 65t | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC | 124 | 45 | 36.3 | 65 | 790 | 6.4 | 17.6 | 4 | 3.2 | 14 | 11.3 | 30.0 | ||||||
| 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 83 | 11.9 | 27.7 | 50t | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 126.8 | |
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 33 | 13 | 39.4 | 17 | 251 | 7.6 | 19.3 | 51 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 9.1 | 12 | 38.8 | ||||
| 1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL | 63 | 16 | 25.4 | 41 | 298 | 4.7 | 18.6 | 48 | 2 | 3.2 | 6 | 9.5 | 27 | 17.8 | ||||
| 1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1953 BAL NFL | 55 | 15 | 27.3 | 35 | 211 | 3.8 | 14.1 | 45 | 2 | 3.6 | 5 | 9.1 | 50 | 17.3 | ||||
| 1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 284 | 92 | 32.4 | 163 | 1633 | 5.8 | 17.8 | 51 | 10 | 3.5 | 29 | 10.2 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC | 0 | 42 | 42L | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL | 21 | 299 | 14.2 | 43 | 5 | ||||||
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 16 | 230 | 14.4 | 47 | 2 | ||||||
| 1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL | 21 | 244 | 11.6 | 78t | 1 | ||||||
| 1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1953 BAL NFL | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 54 | 2 | ||||||
| 1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL | 14 | 122 | 8.7 | 29t | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1955 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1955 PHI NFL | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 95 | 1300 | 13.7 | 78t | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | OB | DN | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC | 27 | 982 | 36.4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 76 | 2881 | 37.9 | 72 | 1 | |||||||
| 1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1953 BAL NFL | 65 | 2437 | 37.5 | 61 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 169 | 6339 | 37.5 | 72 | 3 | 4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 52t | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1953 BAL NFL | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 36 | 319 | 8.9 | 52t | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)1949 LA AAFC | 13 | 313 | 24.1 | 0 | |||||
| 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL | 25 | 473 | 18.9 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 27 | 622 | 23.0 | 47 | 0 | ||||
| 1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1953 BAL NFL | 16 | 331 | 20.7 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1955 PHI NFL | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 95 | 2035 | 21.4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 New York Yanks (NFL)1950 NYY NFL | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1951 New York Yanks (NFL)1951 NYY NFL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1952 Dallas Texans (NFL)1952 DAL NFL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1953 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1953 BAL NFL | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)1954 BAL NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1955 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)1955 PHI NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 35 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
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