Bobby Garrett

Bobby Garrett

Garrett on a 1954 Bowman football card
Date of birth	(1932-08-16)August 16, 1932
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
Date of death
Place of death	Westminster, California
Career information
Position(s)	Quarterback
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg)
College	Stanford
NFL draft	1954 / Round: 1 / Pick 1 (By the Cleveland Browns)
Career history
As player
1954	Green Bay Packers
Awards	1953 W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy Pop Warner Trophy (1953) 1954 Hula Bowl MVP
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

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 being was named most valuable player of the Hula Bowl, he was drafted by the Cleveland 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.

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 quarterback Babe 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.

See also

• List of college football yearly passing leaders