11 Facts About Jack Scarbath

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John Carl Scarbath was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Jack Scarbath was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

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Jack Scarbath was born in the Hamilton section of Baltimore, Maryland, on August 12,1930 and attended high school at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.

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Jack Scarbath played football as a quarterback and basketball as a guard.

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At Poly, Scarbath came to the attention of former Maryland coach and then university president Harry C Byrd, who offered him a full athletic scholarship.

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Jack Scarbath later worked at a foundry, which helped to keep him in shape for football.

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Jack Scarbath played lacrosse for Maryland during the 1952 season.

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Jack Scarbath graduated from Maryland in 1954 with an industrial engineering degree.

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In 1955, Jack Scarbath played in the Canadian Football League for the Ottawa Rough Riders.

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Jack Scarbath returned to the NFL to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1956, his final season in the NFL.

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Jack Scarbath then worked with the Maryland Education Foundation to provide college scholarships to prospective scholar-athletes.