Joe Alton Delaney was an American professional football player who was a running back for two seasons in the National Football League.
22 Facts About Joe Delaney
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Joe Delaney was a two-time All-American athlete for the Northwestern State Demons football team, as well as a track and field star.
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Joe Delaney played two seasons with the Chiefs and was chosen as the AFC Rookie of the Year in 1981 by United Press International.
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Joe Delaney died on June 29,1983, while attempting to rescue three children from drowning in a pond in Monroe in northeastern Louisiana.
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Joe Delaney was posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizen's Medal from US President Ronald W Reagan.
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The third of Woodrow and Eunice Joe Delaney's eight children, Joe Delaney was born in Henderson, on October 30,1958, and attended Haughton High School in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana.
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Joe Delaney played for Division I-AA's Northwestern State Demons from 1977 to 1980.
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Joe Delaney went on to be an All-American selection in 1979 and 1980.
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On October 28,1978, Joe Delaney carried the ball 28 times and gained 299 yards for Northwestern State against Nicholls State University with 263 of the yards coming in the game's second half.
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Joe Delaney's rushing stats in the second half of the game are an NCAA record.
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Joe Delaney finished his career at Northwestern State with 3,047 yards rushing, 31 touchdowns, and 188 points.
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Joe Delaney was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Joe Delaney holds the school 200 meter dash record with a time of 20.64 seconds.
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Joe Delaney was selected in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Joe Delaney averaged 4.6 yards per carry, 9.1 yards per reception, and registered 1,811 all-purpose yards during his career with three touchdowns.
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Joe Delaney had a lifelong history of helping others and once paid for the funeral of a former teacher whose family could not afford a proper service.
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On June 29,1983, Joe Delaney, who was living in nearby Ruston, went with friends to Critter's Creek, an amusement center at Chennault Park in Monroe, Louisiana.
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Joe Delaney made the ultimate sacrifice by placing the lives of three children above regard for his own safety.
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Louisiana Governor Dave Treen presented the Louisiana State Civilian Bravery Award to Joe Delaney's family following his death.
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Joe Delaney's heroism is honored through an award for one of the NFL's best running backs who demonstrates admirable character and unselfishness, traits that were embodied by Joe Delaney.
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Joe Delaney's name is included in the Chiefs' ring of honor at Arrowhead Stadium.
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Joe Delaney is the uncle of Carolina Panthers wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr.