Jack Scarbath

Jack Scarbath, born John Carl Scarbath in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 12, 1930, was an American quarterback who went from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute to the University of Maryland, where the Terrapins compiled a record of 24 wins, 4 losses and 1 tie with him at quarterback and beat Tennessee in the 1951 Sugar Bowl. In 1952 he was a unanimous All-America first-team choice, finished as runner-up in the Heisman Trophy voting and was Southern Conference Player of the Year; he also played lacrosse for Maryland that season. The Washington Redskins chose him third overall in the 1953 NFL draft, and he played for Washington in 1953 and 1954, for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League in 1955, and for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1956, his last NFL season. He then coached at the University of South Carolina for five years, founded an abrasives company that he sold in 1995, entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and died on December 6, 2020, at the age of 90.