1. Joseph Lawrence Kuharich was an American football player and coach.
18 Facts About Joe Kuharich
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Joe Kuharich played football as a guard at Notre Dame from 1935 to 1937 and with the Chicago Cardinals in 1940,1941, and 1945.
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Joe Kuharich died on the day the Eagles lost their first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XV to the Oakland Raiders.
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Joe Kuharich was born April 14,1917, in South Bend, Indiana.
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Joe Kuharich played college football at the Notre Dame under coach Elmer Layden, who praised Kuharich as one of the best and smartest players he ever had.
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Joe Kuharich is noted for his participation in Notre Dame's comeback over Ohio State in 1935.
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Joe Kuharich was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1938 NFL draft.
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Joe Kuharich began his coaching career as an assistant freshman coach at Notre Dame in 1938.
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Joe Kuharich then moved to the professional ranks as a player, playing guard for the Chicago Cardinals in 1940 and 1941.
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In 1946, Joe Kuharich served as line coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers and moved on to the University of San Francisco as head coach in 1948.
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In 1970, Joe Kuharich was inducted into the USF Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Joe Kuharich resigned in the spring of 1963 and assumed the post of the first supervisor of NFL officials.
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Joe Kuharich is commonly associated with a rule change still in effect today, known by some as the Joe Kuharich defensive foul rule.
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Joe Kuharich returned to the NFL coaching ranks with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1964.
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In return for quarterback Norm Snead and defensive back Jimmy Carr, Joe Kuharich traded away Hall of Fame and perennial Pro-Bowlers Jurgensen and Tommy McDonald.
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Joe Kuharich's first pick in 1964 draft was Bob Brown, OT, out of Nebraska.
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The winning 1966 season, in which the Eagles finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference, gave the team a date with the Baltimore Colts in the Playoff Bowl, a postseason exhibition intended to draw fans and help coaches plan for the following season, in which Joe Kuharich became the first coach to wear a wireless microphone for NFL Films.
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Tose and Joe Kuharich agreed to a settlement on the remaining years of the ex-coach's $60,000 annual contract.