Old School Football! Detroit Lions Great Joe Schmidt prepares for the snap across from Rams quarterback Zeke Bratkowski.
Zeke Bratkowski spent 2½ rough yeras with a struggling LA Rams team in 1961 through part of the 1963 seasons. Here he is with head coach Bob Waterfield
Zeke Bratkowski spent 2½ rough seasons with the Rams in the early 1960s. Here he is after getting sacked by Alex Karras of the Lions.
Packers QB Zeke Bratkowski gets some treatment from Colts lineman Billy Ray Smith during the 1965 NFL playoff game between the Packers and Colts. Zeke came off the bench to replace an injured Bart Starr.
Considered to be one of the NFL's most reliable backup quarterbacks, 15-year veteran Zeke Bratkowski.
Rookie Dick Butkus leads the Chicago Bears defense in a goal-line stand against Jerry Kramer & Jim Taylor of the Green Bay Packers in 1965. Also seen is #76, Packers tackle Bob Skoronski and that's QB Zeke Bratkowski in the background.
With a stable of runners to fill their backfield, Green Bay had the NFL's #2 leading rushing offense in 1967 and it was fullback Jim Grabowski that led the team with 466 yards on the ground. Here he carries against the Lions and that looks like quarterback Zeke Bratkowski in the background.
Super Sub back-up QB Zeke Bratkowski came off the bench against the Colts during the 1965 opening round of the NFL playoffs to lead the Packers to a 13-10 overtime win.
Rams Hall of Famer Deacon Jones wraps up Packers quarterback Zeke Bratkowski. Jones has unofficially been credited with 173½ sacks during his career, which would, again unofficially, put him #3 on the All-Time NFL Sack Leaders List.
Rams quarterback Zeke Bratkowski (#12) finds himself under fire from Bears lineman Fred Williams (#75) & Maury Youmans (#82) during the 1961 NFL season.
Packers QB Zeke Bratkowski shows off excellent passing form here. While primarily a back-up most of his time in the NFL, Bratkowski filled in more than adequately several times during his 15-year career.
From the 1965 NFL Divisional Playoff round - Zeke Bratkowski, subbing for an injured Bart Starr hands off to Packer running back Elijah Pitts (#22) as guard Dan Grimm (#67) pulls out. The game already in overtime - It was this drive that set up Don Chandler's winning field goal to send the Packers to the NFL Championship game against the Cleveland Browns.
While most of his 12 years in the NFL were spent as a back-up he still started 49 games passed for 10,345 yards, 65 touchdowns and finished his career with a 51.3% completion percentage.
His finest moment came in the 1965 Divisional Championship game against the Baltimore Colts when he came off the bench to replace an injured Bart Starr and lead the Packers to victory. That game he hit 22 of 39 passes for 248 yards, no touchdowns but managed the game winning drive.
After he left football in 1969 he coached with the Packers for 2 seasons and actually returned to football in 1971. When he left the playing field for good in 1972 he spent time coaching until 1996 for many different NFL teams.
While most of his 12 years in the NFL were spent as a back-up he still started 49 games passed for 10,345 yards, 65 touchdowns and finished his career with a 51.3% completion percentage.
His finest moment came in the 1965 Divisional Championship game against the Baltimore Colts when he came off the bench to replace an injured Bart Starr and lead the Packers to victory. That game he hit 22 of 39 passes for 248 yards, no touchdowns but managed the game winning drive.
After he left football in 1969 he coached with the Packers for 2 seasons and actually returned to football in 1971. When he left the playing field for good in 1972 he spent time coaching until 1996 for many different NFL teams.
In 1961 he was traded to the Los Angels Rams where he played for 2 years before being traded to the Packers in 1964.
The NCAA's leading passer when he graduated from Georgia, he was the second round draft pick of the Bears in 1953. He played a total of 5 years with Chicago where he had an 11 and 5 record as a starter.
