Harry Babcock (football player)

Harry Babcock
Position (s): End	Jersey number (s): 88
born on August 12, 1930
died on December 6, 1996
Career information
Active : 1953 - 1955
NFL Draft : 1953 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st
College : Georgia
Teams
San Francisco 49ers ( 1953 - 1955 )
Career statistics
Captured passports	16
Captive yards	181
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
No notable successes

Harry Lewis Babcock (born August 12, 1930 in West Nyack , New York , † December 6, 1996 in Ocala , Florida ) was an American American football player. The in NFL Draft 1953 as a whole first selected End played three seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL).

Career

Babcock played college football at the University of Georgia from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). As a junior, he led the SEC with 41 passports captured for 666 yards and a school record in the process. Before the start of his senior season, Babcock had a car accident that slowed his performance. Still, he could be the SEC's second best receiver.

Babcock was selected first overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1953 NFL Draft . He played three seasons, catching only 16 passes for 181 yards and no touchdown . Due to injury, however, he also missed many games and only took part in 30 games in total. Babcock is generally seen as a flop, like many of the first-round picks in his draft year. Seven of the thirteen selected players were already out of the league before 1957, and two more did not even play in the NFL.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} NFL Draft: Will the SEC add to its lineup of No. 1 picks? In: al.com. al, 2019, accessed April 5, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} J. W. Nix: The Biggest Number 1 Flops in NFL History. In: bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report, accessed April 5, 2020 .