John Rauch: the overlooked legend

Join DOTD as we step back in history to look at former Georgia Football quarterback Jon Rauch.

Ask any Georgia fan who the greatest quarterback in Georgia football history is. Most will come back with Aaron Murray or David Greene; some might say Eric Zeier, or old timers might say Fran Tarkenton.

And while they were all great quarterbacks at Georgia one player gets forgotten and overlooked, but he might just be the best quarterback the Bulldogs have ever had.

That quarterback is John Rauch, the teams first four-year starter, who slung passes around in Athens from 1945-1948.

Statistically he does not seem like anything special. In four years, he had a then-NCAA record 4,044 yards with 35…