Joe Don Looney
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| Position: | Running back | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth: | October 10, 1942 | ||
| Place of birth: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||
| Date of death: | September 24, 1988 (aged 45) | ||
| Place of death: | Terlingua, Texas, U.S. | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||
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| College: | Texas, Texas Christian, Cameron, Oklahoma | ||
| NFL Draft: | 1964 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 | ||
| AFL draft: | 1964 / Round: 6 / Pick: 44 | ||
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Joe Don Looney (October 10, 1942 – September 24, 1988) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Baltimore Colts, Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins, and the New Orleans Saints. He attended Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida and Paschal High School in Ft. Worth, Texas for high school.
During his first semester at the University of Texas, Looney received four Fs and one D mark. Looney responded by dropping out and enrolling at Texas Christian University. He was eventually kicked out of that school and transferred to Cameron Junior College, where he played for Leroy Montgomery. He set a punting record in the 1961 Junior Rose Bowl, as his team won the junior college national championship. He made All-American with the University of Oklahoma in 1962, leading them to the Big Eight Conference championship. He played in only three games in 1963. Coach Bud Wilkinson kicked him off the team after Looney punched a graduate-assistant coach.
Looney was drafted in the first round (twelfth overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. He was also selected in the sixth round of the 1964 AFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, but chose to play in the NFL instead. He was with the Giants just 25 days before they traded him to the Baltimore Colts just before the 1964 season. Looney was only given 23 carries that entire season with Baltimore.
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