Former Bulldog QB dies

Larry Rakestraw has died. Rakestraw played quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs in the early 1960s and was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. Larry Rakestraw was 77 years old. 

From the AJC…

Rakestraw was drafted in 1964 by the Chicago Bears of the NFL and the Oakland Raiders of the AFL -- and he played three seasons with the Bears.

The highlight of his Georgia career was his game against Miami in 1963 when he passed for 407 yards (25-of-38) to set a Georgia record that stood for 30 years and has been surpassed only 12 times in the past 55 seasons, by only four quarterbacks.

Rakestraw ranks ninth all-time in career pass attempts among Georgia quarterbacks.

Rakestraw, who was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2010, was a graduate of the old West Fulton High School.