Billy Joe (football player)

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Billy Joe
Date of birth	October 14, 1940 (1940-10-14) (age 67)
Place of birth	Aynor, SC
Position(s)	Running back
College	Villanova
AFL Draft	1963 / Round 11
Jersey Number	33
Career highlights
AFL All-Star	1965
Awards	AFL Rookie of the Year, 1963
Honors	AFL Champion, 1965
Stats
Statistics	Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Teams
1963-1964 1965 1966 1967-1969	AFL Denver Broncos AFL Buffalo Bills AFL Miami Dolphins AFL New York Jets
College Football Hall of Fame

William Joe (born October 14, 1940 in Aynor, South Carolina) was a collegiate and professional American football player and is a college football head coach. He was the American Football League Rookie of the Year in 1963 with the AFL's Denver Broncos. In 1965, he was traded to the Buffalo Bills for their legendary fullback, Cookie Gilchrist, and made the AFL All-Star Team, starting for the Bills in their 1965 AFL Championship victory over the San Diego Chargers.

Joe later was a successful college head coach for 33 seasons at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Central State University and Florida A&M University. In 2007 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

After a two-season absence as a coach, Joe was named head football coach at Miles College on December 12, 2007 [1].

[edit] See also

• Other American Football League players

[edit] External links

• Joe's 1965 Topps football card

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