Charlie Joiner
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 14, 1947 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Many, Louisiana | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 188 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| College: | Grambling State | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1969 / Round: 4 / Pick: 93 | ||||||||||||
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| Games played: | 239 |
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| Games started: | 211 |
| Receptions: | 750 |
| Receiving yards: | 12,146 |
| Touchdowns: | 65 |
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Charles B. Joiner Jr. (born October 14, 1947) is a former American football wide receiver who starred in professional football for 18 seasons. He retired with the most career receptions, receiving yards, and games played of any wide receiver in NFL history. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996. Joiner was most recently the wide receivers coach of the San Diego Chargers from 2008 to 2012.
Joiner graduated from Grambling State University in 1969 and was drafted in the fourth round by the American Football League's Houston Oilers. He started his career as a defensive back, but he made the switch to wide receiver in his rookie year after being carted off the field from a hit by Denver Broncos running back Floyd Little. Joiner played for Houston until 1972, when he was traded to the Cincinnati Bengals. In 1975, Cincinnati traded Joiner to the San Diego Chargers, with whom he remained for eleven seasons before retiring as a player after the 1986 season. Before leaving the Bengals, he set a franchise record with 200 receiving yards in a single game.
It was with the Chargers' high flying "Air Coryell" offense under coach Don Coryell that Joiner had his most productive years, exceeding 1,000 yards receiving in a season four times and going to three Pro Bowls (1976, 1979–80). Joiner was selected All-Pro in 1980 and 2nd Team All-AFC in 1976. Although he never played in a Super Bowl, Joiner, quarterback Dan Fouts, tight end Kellen Winslow, and fellow receiver John Jefferson helped the Chargers reach the AFC title game in the 1980 and 1981 seasons. In the 1980 AFC championship game, Joiner caught 6 passes for 130 yards and 2 touchdowns. In January 1982, he played a key role in San Diego's 41-38 divisional postseason overtime win over the Miami Dolphins in a game that is known in NFL Lore as The Epic In Miami. Joiner caught 7 passes for 108 yards in the game, including 2 key receptions on his team's game winning drive in overtime. His 29-yard reception on the penultimate play of the game set up the winning field goal.
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