George Shaw
George Howard Shaw
Born: July 25, 1933
Portland, OR USA
Deceased: January 3, 1998
Portland, OR
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 183
College: Oregon
High School: Grant (Portland, OR)
Career: 1955-1962
Drafted: 1955 in Round 1, #1 overall by the Baltimore Colts
George Shaw played from 1955 to 1962 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants. Shaw threw for 5,829 yards in his career, completing 405 of 802 passes with 41 touchdowns and 63 interceptions. He also ran for 431 yards in 130 attempts with 6 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 237 | 119 | 50.2 | 1586 | 6.7 | 10 | 4.2 | 19 | 8.0 | 82 | 52.5 |
| 1956 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 75 | 45 | 60.0 | 645 | 8.6 | 3 | 4.0 | 7 | 9.3 | 49 | 62.4 |
| 1957 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 58 | 6.4 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 11.1 | 17 | 72.7 |
| 1958 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 89 | 41 | 46.1 | 531 | 6.0 | 7 | 7.9 | 4 | 4.5 | 57 | 72.8 |
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 36 | 24 | 66.7 | 433 | 12.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 2.8 | 46 | 105.4 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 155 | 76 | 49.0 | 1263 | 8.1 | 11 | 7.1 | 13 | 8.4 | 71 | 65.6 |
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 91 | 46 | 50.5 | 530 | 5.8 | 4 | 4.4 | 4 | 4.4 | 42 | 64.8 |
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 110 | 49 | 44.5 | 783 | 7.1 | 4 | 3.6 | 14 | 12.7 | 97 | 41.4 |
| NFL | 692 | 356 | 51.4 | 5046 | 7.3 | 37 | 5.3 | 49 | 7.1 | 82 | ||
| AFL | 110 | 49 | 44.5 | 783 | 7.1 | 4 | 3.6 | 14 | 12.7 | 97 | ||
| Totals | 802 | 405 | 50.5 | 5829 | 7.3 | 41 | 5.1 | 63 | 7.9 | 97 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 68 | 301 | 4.4 | 37 | 3 |
| 1956 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 20 | 63 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 |
| 1958 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 3 | 1 |
| 1959 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 15 | -12 | -0.8 | 15 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 19 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 |
| NFL | 126 | 421 | 3.3 | 37 | 5 | |
| AFL | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 | |
| Totals | 130 | 431 | 3.3 | 37 | 6 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1955 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1962 | AFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| AFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 12 | 12 |
| 1956 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 5 | 5 |
| 1957 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 7 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 12 | 2 |
| 1959 | NFL | New York Giants | 5 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL | New York Giants | 9 | 4 |
| 1961 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 8 | 4 |
| 1962 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 13 | 1 |
