The Gipper Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 If the Browns select Myles Garrett with the #1 overall pick in the draft, it would NOT be the first time they selected a guy named Garrett with the #1 overall pick of the draft: 1954 With the First pick of the 1954 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns select: Bobby Garrett, Quarterback Stanford. Career stats of Bobby Garrett: Played one year with the Green Bay Packers after being traded by the Cleveland Browns Played 9 games Started -0- games 15/30 for 143 yards -0- TDs 1 Int. 1 rush for -3 yards 49.7 rating Robert Driscoll "Bobby" Garrett (August 16, 1932 – 5 December 1987) was an American football quarterback who played one season in the National Football League. Born in Los Angeles, California, Garrett was an All-American quarterback at Stanford University, where he also starred as a defensive back. In 1953, he became the third person to receive the W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast. After he was named most valuable player of the Hula Bowl, he was drafted by theCleveland Browns as the first overall selection in the 1954 NFL Draft. The Browns had needed someone to take over for the veteran Otto Graham, but they soon discovered that Garrett had a liability as a quarterback: he stuttered, which made calling plays difficult.[2] Garrett never played a game for the Browns, who traded him along with halfback Don Miller and linemen Johnny Bauer and Chet Gierula to the Green Bay Packers for quarterbackBabe Parilli and offensive tackle Bob Fleck. The Packers wanted a backup for veteran Tobin Rote, but did not learn of Garrett's stuttering problem before making the trade. Garrett played just nine games in the NFL.[3] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 "... he stuttered, which made calling plays difficult." I wa-wa-wa-wonder who veh... veh... veh.... vetted him? https://youtu.be/mSw9_bsTzkU?t=1m1s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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