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Joe Golding

Joe Golding
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Date of birth (1921-03-26)March 26, 1921
Place of birth Eufaula, Oklahoma
Date of death December 26, 1971(1971-12-26) (aged 50)
Place of death Muskogee, Oklahoma
Career information
Position(s) Halfback / Defensive back
College Oklahoma
NFL draft 1946 / Round: 5 / Pick 31
(By the Chicago Cardinals)
Career history
As player
1947–1948 Boston Yanks
1949–1951 New York Bulldogs/Yanks
Career stats

Joseph Griffith Golding (March 26, 1921 – December 26, 1971) was a professional American Football halfback/defensive back in the National Football League. He played for the Boston Yanks (1947–1948) and the New York Bulldogs/Yanks (1949–1951).

His 1951 Bowman football card #115 relates the following: "In the service for 44 months. Won Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart. Commissioned on the battlefield while an infantry-man in Europe".



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