finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date statseason pfr heightin heightft undraftedyear college statlabel debutteam name birth_place nfl weight position article_title
1941 04 august 1914 1939 7 4 buffalo indians 04 august 1914 1939 ratijo20 0 6 1939 st. vincent games played games started brooklyn dodgers -lrb- nfl -rrb- brooklyn dodgers joe ratica dembo , pennsylvania joeratica/2523774 205 center / linebacker joe ratica

joe ratica

joseph h. ratica -lrb- august 4 , 1914 -- 1942 -rrb- was an american football center and linebacker for the brooklyn dodgers of the national football league during their 1939 season .
he was born in pennsylvania , and attended st. vincent college .
on october 22 , 1939 , he played in the first nfl game to be broadcast live on television , against the philadelphia eagles .
