Guadalupe Joseph Arenas, known as "Lupe Joe" Arenas and "Little Joe" Arenas, was an American football player.
28 Facts About Joe Arenas
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Joe Arenas was a halfback and defensive back for the San Francisco 49ers from 1951 to 1957.
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Joe Arenas was best known as a kickoff and punt returner.
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Joe Arenas served in the United States military for four years during and after World War II.
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Joe Arenas participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima, was wounded with shrapnel and received a Purple Heart decoration.
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Joe Arenas credited his military background with giving him the mental and physical toughness that led to his success in football.
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Joe Arenas did not play football in high school and did not become involved in football until after he was discharged from the military.
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Joe Arenas played college football at Omaha from 1947 to 1950.
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Joe Arenas was chosen as the most valuable player on Omaha's 1948 football team.
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Joe Arenas played basketball at Omaha; he was the team's second leading scorer in 1950 with 144 points on 56 field goals and 32 free throws in 23 games.
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Joe Arenas was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 8th round of the 1951 NFL draft.
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Joe Arenas played seven seasons in San Francisco from 1951 to 1957.
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Joe Arenas led the NFL with 814 kick and punt return yards in 1951, and led the NFL in yards per touch in both 1951 and 1955.
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Joe Arenas was the difference between the two clubs today.
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Joe Arenas is an inspirational holler-guy who can lift flagging spirits; who refuses to be whipped even if the score is top-heavy in the other side's favor.
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Joe Arenas was "a popular and capable performer" in his seven years with the 49ers.
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Joe Arenas is no speedburner, yet last year and the season before he made long runs which brought the audiences to its collective feet.
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Joe Arenas had been working in the coffee business during the off-season for several years.
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In seven years in the NFL, Joe Arenas accumulated 987 rushing yards, 675 passing yards, 774 punt return yards, 3,798 kick return yards, 17 touchdowns, six interceptions.
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In December 1958 Joe Arenas wrote that he had been banned from the 49ers' bench and dressing room for things he had written in his newspaper column.
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In June 1961 Joe Arenas was ordered to stand trial in San Jose, California on a forgery charge.
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For 23 years, from 1963 to 1986, Joe Arenas was an assistant football coach for the Houston Cougars football team under College Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Yeoman.
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Joe Arenas worked with the receivers at the University of Houston and developed such NFL receiving talents as Riley Odoms and Carl Hilton.
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From 1991 until at least 2002, Joe Arenas served as an unpaid volunteer coach with the Ball High School football team in Galveston.
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Joe Arenas later worked as a property supervisor at Barney Rapp Realtors, Inc.
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Joe Arenas retired in 1991, but he continued to "dabble" in property management before finally retiring for good in 1993.
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Joe Arenas's wife died in August 2008 at Webster, Texas.
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In 2000 Joe Arenas was inducted into the Laredo Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame.