George Herring
George W. Herring
Born: June 18, 1934
Gadsden, AL USA
Position: QB-P
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 200
College: Southern Miss
High School: Hokes Bluff (AL)
Career: 1958-1961
Drafted: 1956 in Round 16, #184 overall by the San Francisco 49ers
George Herring played from 1958 to 1961 during his career with the BC Lions, Denver Broncos and Saskatchewan Roughriders. Herring threw for 3,005 yards in his career, completing 219 of 474 passes with 10 touchdowns and 43 interceptions. He also ran for -24 yards in 91 attempts with 2 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 232 | 113 | 48.7 | 1669 | 7.2 | 5 | 2.2 | 20 | 8.6 | 85 | 43.9 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 39 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 57.2 |
| 1960 | AFL Denver Broncos | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 137 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.5 | 21 | 43.2 |
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 211 | 93 | 44.1 | 1160 | 5.5 | 5 | 2.4 | 22 | 10.4 | 54 | 30.0 |
| CFL | 241 | 117 | 48.5 | 1708 | 7.1 | 5 | 2.1 | 20 | 8.3 | 85 | ||
| AFL | 233 | 102 | 43.8 | 1297 | 5.6 | 5 | 2.1 | 23 | 9.9 | 54 | ||
| Totals | 474 | 219 | 46.2 | 3005 | 6.3 | 10 | 2.1 | 43 | 9.1 | 85 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 73 | -111 | -1.5 | 15 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 15 | 74 | 4.9 | 20 | 2 |
| CFL | 76 | -98 | -1.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| AFL | 15 | 74 | 4.9 | 20 | 2 | |
| Totals | 91 | -24 | -0.3 | 20 | 2 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 107 | 4570 | 42.7 | 77 | 2 |
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10 | 443 | 44.3 | 59 | 1 |
| 1960 | AFL Denver Broncos | 70 | 2610 | 37.3 | 70 | |
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 80 | 3149 | 39.4 | 63 | |
| CFL | 117 | 5013 | 42.8 | 77 | 3 | |
| AFL | 150 | 5759 | 38.4 | 70 | 0 | |
| Totals | 267 | 10772 | 40.3 | 77 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | AFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AFL | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1959 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1961 | AFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| CFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| AFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL | BC Lions | 14 | 10 |
| 1959 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 0 |
| 1961 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 4 |
