Butch Songin

No. 11

Position:

Quarterback

Personal information

Date of birth:

May 11, 1924

Place of birth:

Walpole, Massachusetts

Date of death:

May 12, 1976 (aged 52)

Place of death:

Foxboro, Massachusetts

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

190 lb (86 kg)

Career information

College:

Boston College

NFL draft:

1950 / Round: 19 / Pick: 247

Career history

Career highlights and awards

1949 Scanlan Award

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Edward F. "Butch" Songin (May 11, 1924 – May 12, 1976) was a quarterback for the Boston College Eagles, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Rugby Union, and for the American Football League's Boston Patriots and New York Titans. He also was an All-American defenseman for the BC Eagles ice hockey team.

Boston College

From 1947 to 1949, Songin was the starting quarterback for the Boston College Eagles. He completed 192 of 385 passes for 2,534 yards, 30 touchdowns, and 24 interceptions.

Hockey

Songin was a Hockey All-American for Boston College in 1948. He was a member of the 1948-1949 national championship team. He was captain of the 1949-50 squad and also won All-American. He was a founding member of the Pike's Peak Hockey Club. Today it is Boston College's oldest hockey booster organizations. Songin also played 1 game for the Worcester Warriors of the Eastern Hockey League during the 1954-55 season. His nephew Tom Songin played right wing for the Boston Bruins

American Football League

In 1950 Songin played three games for the Erie Vets of the AFL before being sidelined by an injury, damaging the team's chances of a championship.^[1]

Canadian Football

From 1953-1954, Songin played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Rugby Union, predecessor of the Canadian Football League. He won the Grey Cup in his rookie year.

American Football League

In 1960 Songin signed with the Boston Patriots of the newly created American Football League. On September 9, 1960, Songin played in the first ever AFL game, against the Denver Broncos. In his first season with Boston he completed 187 of 392 passes for 2,476 yards, 22 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions. In 1961 he split starting duties with Babe Parilli. He completed 98 of 212 passes for 1,429 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions. In 1962 he was the opening day quarterback for the New York Titans, but was replaced by Lee Grosscup. He played in 7 games, completing 42 of 90 passes for 442 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions.

Death

Songin died of cancer May 12, 1976 at his home in Foxboro, MA. He was 52 years old. At the time of his death, he was chief probation officer in the Wrentham District Court. He left his widow, Catherine E. (Rockett-Currivan); three daughters, a son, a stepson, a stepdaughter, three sisters and three brothers. ^[2]

Awards and honors

Award	Year
NCAA All-Tournament Second Team	1948	^[3]
NCAA All-Tournament First Team	1949	^[3]
NCAA All-Tournament Second Team	1950	^[3]

References

↑ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/12-02-398.pdf
↑ https://archive.org/stream/bridgemagazinefosu1976bos/bridgemagazinefosu1976bos_djvu.txt
1 2 3 "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

Boston College Eagles starting quarterbacks

Darling
McKenney
Weston
Mirley
Boehner
Freitas
Moynahan
DiNatale
O'Rourke
Toczylowski
Doherty
Curtis
Ameen
Panciera
Songin
McBride
Kane
Donlan
Allard
Amabile
VanCott
Concannon
L. Marzetti
E. Foley
J. Marzetti
DiVito
Harris
Rippman
Marangi
Kruczek
K. Smith
Palazola
Loughery
D. Flutie
Halloran
Power
Kamphaus
Power
Hicks
Kamphaus
Hicks
G. Foley
Hartsell
Mutryn
M. Hasselbeck
Mutryn
T. Hasselbeck
St. Pierre
Porter
Peterson
Porter
Ryan
Crane
Davis
Tuggle
Shinskie
Rettig
Murphy
Wade
T. Flutie
J. Smith
Fadule

Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey

Playing venues

Boston Arena (1917–1958)
McHugh Forum (1958–1987)
Conte Forum (1988–present)

Head coaches

Bob Fowler (1917–1919)
Walter Falvey (1919–1920)
Fred Rocque (1920–1923, 1925–1927)
Charles Foote (1923–1925)
James Foley (1927–1929)
John "Snooks" Kelley (1932–1942, 1946–1972)
John Temple (1942–1943)
Joseph Glavin (1945–1946)
Len Ceglarski (1972–1992)
Steve Cedorchuk (1992–1994)
Jerry York (1994–present)

Conference affiliations

ECAC Hockey (1961–1984)
Hockey East (1984–present)

Rivalries

All-time leaders

Retired jerseys

National championships

Frozen Four appearances

Conference championships

ECAC Hockey: 1965; 1978
Hockey East: 1987; 1990; 1998; 1999; 2001; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2010; 2011; 2012

Hobey Baker Awards

David Emma (1991)
Mike Mottau (2000)
Johnny Gaudreau (2014)

Seasons

1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Bold Italics denotes National Championship season

Hamilton Tiger-Cats starting quarterbacks

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 41st Grey Cup Champions

Head coach: Carl M. Voyles

Boston Patriots 1960 Inaugural Season Roster

Boston / New England Patriots starting quarterbacks

Butch Songin (1960–1961)
Tom Greene (1960)
Babe Parilli (1961–1967)
Tom Yewcic (1962)
Eddie Wilson (1965)
Don Trull (1967)
Mike Taliaferro (1968–1970)
Tom Sherman (1968)
Joe Kapp (1970)
Jim Plunkett (1971–1975)
Steve Grogan (1975–1990)
Neil Graff (1975)
Matt Cavanaugh (1980–1982)
Tom Owen (1981)
Tony Eason (1983–1989)
Tom Ramsey (1987–1988)
Bob Bleier (1987)
Doug Flutie (1987–1989)
Marc Wilson (1989–1990)
Tommy Hodson (1990–1992)
Hugh Millen (1991–1992)
Scott Zolak (1992, 1995, 1998)
Jeff Carlson (1992)
Scott Secules (1993)
Drew Bledsoe (1993–2001)
Tom Brady (2001–present)
Matt Cassel (2008)

New York Titans / Jets starting quarterbacks

Al Dorow (1960–1961)
Dick Jamieson (1960)
Johnny Green (1962)
Lee Grosscup (1962)
Butch Songin (1962)
Dick Wood (1963–1964)
Galen Hall (1963)
Pete Liske (1964)
Mike Taliaferro (1965)
Joe Namath (1965–1976)
Al Woodall (1970–1971, 1973)
Bob Davis (1971–1972)
Bill Demory (1973)
J. J. Jones (1975)
Richard Todd (1976–1983)
Matt Robinson (1977–1979)
Marty Domres (1977)
Pat Ryan (1984, 1986–1989)
Ken O'Brien (1984–1992)
David Norrie (1987)
Tony Eason (1989)
Kyle Mackey (1989)
Browning Nagle (1992)
Boomer Esiason (1993–1995)
Jack Trudeau (1994)
Bubby Brister (1995)
Frank Reich (1996)
Neil O'Donnell (1996–1997)
Glenn Foley (1996–1998)
Vinny Testaverde (1998–2003, 2005)
Ray Lucas (1999)
Rick Mirer (1999)
Chad Pennington (2002–2007)
Quincy Carter (2004)
Brooks Bollinger (2005)
Kellen Clemens (2007, 2009)
Brett Favre (2008)
Mark Sanchez (2009–2012)
Greg McElroy (2012)
Geno Smith (2013–2014)
Michael Vick (2014)
Ryan Fitzpatrick (2015–present)

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Butch Songin

Boston College

Hockey

American Football League

Canadian Football

American Football League

Death

Awards and honors

See also

References