George Theodore Koch (July 2, 1919 – September 5, 1966) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

halfback who played two seasons with the Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams of the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL). He first enrolled at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

before transferring to

St. Mary's University, Texas St. Mary's University is a private Roman Catholic university in San Antonio, Texas. Founded by the Society of Mary (Marianists) in 1852, St. Mary's is the oldest Catholic university in Texas and the American Southwest. With a student populati ...

. He attended Temple High School in

Temple, Texas Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. As of 2020, the city has a population of 82,073 according to the U.S. census, and is one of the two principal cities in Bell County. Located near the county seat of Belton, Temple lies in t ...

. Koch was also a member of the

Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. ...

of the

All-America Football Conference The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the ...

(AAFC).

Professional career

Koch played for the Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams of the NFL from 1945 to 1946. He played in thirteen games, starting three, for the AAFC's Buffalo Bills during the 1947 season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koch, George 1919 births 1966 deaths Players of American football from Texas American football halfbacks American football defensive backs Baylor Bears football players St. Mary's Rattlers football players Cleveland Rams players Los Angeles Rams players Buffalo Bills (AAFC) players People from Temple, Texas Temple High School (Texas) alumni