Tobin Rote

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Tobin Rote
Date of birth	January 18, 1928
Place of birth	San Antonio, TX
Date of death	June 27, 2000
Position(s)	Quarterback
College	Rice
NFL Draft	1950 / Round 2/ Pick 17
Pro Bowls	NFL Pro Bowl 1956 AFL All-Star 1963
Awards	1963 AP AFL MVP
Honors	Green Bay Packers HOF
Statistics	Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1950-1956 1957-1959 1960-1962 1963-1964 1966	NFL Green Bay Packers NFL Detroit Lions CFL Toronto Argonauts AFL San Diego Chargers AFL Denver Broncos

Tobin Rote (January 18, 1928 - June 27, 2000) was an American college and professional football player who played quarterback for the NFL's Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions, the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, and the American Football League's San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos.

Rote was the only man to quarterback teams to championships in both the NFL and the American Football League. He is also one of seven NFL quarterbacks to rush for at least 3,000 yards during a carrer, and one of only two QB's (Fran Tarkenton is the other) to top 300 yards rushing in a season seven times. Rote's 35 rushing TD's are the fourth highest amount in NFL history by a QB.

Rote led the 1957 Detroit Lions to a championship, then followed that six years later with the AFL's Chargers, who defeated the Boston Patriots to win the 1963 championship.

Rote was selected as the AP's American Football League Most Valuable Player in 1963. Rote accumulated 15,144 yards passing in the NFL, 9,872 in the CFL, and 3,706 in the AFL for a total of 28,722: more than Daryle Lamonica, Jack Kemp, Bob Griese or Joe Namath, and just 5 yards short of Len Dawson. He had 115 td throws in the NFL, 66 in the CFL, and 33 in the AFL for a total of 214: more than Flores, Kemp, Lamonica, Namath, Parilli, or Griese.

His three seasons with the Toronto were quite eventful. He completed 662 of 1187 passes for 9,872 yards and 62 TDs. His 108 yard pass to Jim Roundtree in 1961 is still a team record, and in 1960 he threw 7 touchdown passes in a game twice, this being a CFL record at the time.

On June 27, 2000, Tobin died from a heart attack.

Preceded by Len Dawson & Cookie Gilchrist	American Football League MVP 1963 with Lance Alworth Clem Daniels	Succeeded by Gino Cappelletti
Preceded by John Hadl	San Diego Chargers Starting Quarterbacks 1963–1964	Succeeded by John Hadl