George Howard Shaw was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for seven seasons in the National Football League and one season in the rival American Football League. He played
Shaw ahead of the 1957 season
Shaw in 1955.
Program from the memorable October 1955 Bears game in which Shaw came back to play despite suffering serious facial injuries.
1955 NFL draft
Videos
The 1955 NFL draft was held January 27–28, 1955 at the Warwick Hotel in New York City.
George Shaw (American football)
…and one season in the rival American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks and was the first overall selection of the 1955 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts, for whom he started 17 consecutive games. A leg injury to Shaw in 1956 forced the Colts to insert free agent backup Johnny…
Warwick Hotel (location of the draft), photographed in 2016