Joe Golding

This article is about the American football player. For the Irish football player, see Joseph Golding. For the basketball coach, see Joe Golding (basketball).

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

Joe Golding

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Position:	Halfback Defensive back
Personal information
Born:	(1921-02-26)February 26, 1921 Eufaula, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:	December 26, 1971(1971-12-26) (aged 50) Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	184 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school:	Eufaula (Eufaula, Oklahoma)
College:	Oklahoma
NFL draft:	1946: 5th round, 31st pick
Career history
Boston Yanks (1947–1948) New York Bulldogs / Yanks (1949–1951)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Big Six (1946)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 349 Rushing average: 3.1 Receptions: 27 Receiving yards: 289 Total touchdowns: 14 Interceptions: 19 Fumble recoveries: 12 Stats at Pro Football Reference

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".

Golding's brother, also named Joe Golding,^[1] was a longtime high school football coach who led Wichita Falls High to four state championships. The field at Wichita Falls' Memorial Stadium was named in his honor and he was posthumously elected to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 1988.^[2] His grand-nephew is current UTEP basketball coach Joe Golding.^[3]