Don Joyce (American football)

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Don Joyce
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Joyce in 1960
No. 11, 71, 76, 83
Position:Defensive end/Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born:(1929-10-08)October 8, 1929
Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Died:February 26, 2012(2012-02-26) (aged 82)
Career information
College:Tulane
NFL draft:1951 / Round: 2 / Pick: 18
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played-started:135-7
Interceptions:1
Fumble recoveries:5
Player stats at NFL.com

Don Joyce (October 8, 1929 – February 26, 2012) was an American football defensive end and professional wrestler.[1]

Early life

Joyce was born in

lettered in both 1949 and 1950 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He was a member of the Green Wave's last Southeastern Conference championship team in 1949 (Tulane withdrew from the SEC following the 1965 football season). [1]

American football career

In the

NFL championship in 1958 and 1959. Joyce was named to the Pro Bowl following the 1958 season. For the 1961 season, Joyce transferred to the Minnesota Vikings. The following year, Joyce played for the American Football League's Denver Broncos
. He played only six games for the Broncos, and retired after the 1962 season.

Professional wrestling career

Joyce was a

Vince McMahon, Sr. He wrestled exclusively as a face ("good guy") character, owing to his NFL contract which stated he could not work as a heel ("bad guy").[1] He sometime teamed with Gene Lipscomb.[3] During his professional wrestling career, Joyce became a one-time NWA United States Television Champion.[4]

Personal life

Joyce was married and had three children.

pistol-whipped, but both made a full recovery.[6]

Joyce died on February 26, 2012, in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, and was buried on March 2.[1]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^
    Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  2. ^ Walter Taylor, "Baltimore Colts", in 1958 Pro Football. Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing Co., 1958; pg. 21.
  3. Washington Afro-American
    . March 8, 1960. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "United States Television Title - Capitol Wrestling". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  5. ^ Walters, Charlie (February 27, 2012). "Shooter Now II: Ex-Viking Don Joyce, once NFL's 'meanest player,' dies at 82". Pioneer Press. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
  6. Lakeland Ledger
    . January 16, 1983. Retrieved December 29, 2012.