Joe Delaney
| No. 37 | |||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 30, 1958 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Henderson, Texas | ||||||||
| Date of death: | June 29, 1983 (age 24) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Monroe, Louisiana | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Haughton (LA) | ||||||||
| College: | Northwestern State (LA) | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41 | ||||||||
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| Player stats at PFR | |||||||||
| Rushing att-yards: | 329–1501 |
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| Receptions-yards: | 33–299 |
| Touchdowns: | 3 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Joe Alton Delaney (/dᵻˈleɪni/; October 30, 1958 – June 29, 1983) was an American football running back who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL). In his two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Delaney set four franchise records that would stand for more than twenty years.
He was a two-time All-American athlete for the Northwestern State Demons football team, as well as a track and field star. Delaney played two seasons with the Chiefs and was chosen as the AFC Rookie of the Year in 1981 by United Press International.
Delaney died on June 29, 1983 while attempting to rescue three children from drowning in a pond in Monroe in northeastern Louisiana. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizen's Medal from U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan. While not officially retired, his jersey number while playing for the Chiefs, No. 37, has not been worn since his death.
The third of Woodrow and Eunice Delaney's eight children, Delaney was born in Henderson, on October 30, 1958, and attended Haughton High School in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Discouraged by his father from pursuing his dreams of playing football, Delaney became the starting wide receiver by his junior year at Haughton. Major Division I schools that scouted him included Grambling State,Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana State.
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