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Joe Orduna
No. 49, 37
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1948-11-06) November 6, 1948 (age 75)
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:Omaha Central
College:Nebraska
NFL draft:1971 / Round: 2 / Pick: 49
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:236
Average:3.3
Touchdowns:3
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Joseph Manuel Orduna (born November 6, 1948) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts from 1972 to 1974.

Orduna played

taxi squad due to a leg injury suffered in the final preseason game and did not play a game for them.[5][6]

The Giants acquired Orduna on

waivers from the 49ers just before the beginning of the 1972 season.[6] He was active for the Giants first game of the 1972 season but was deactivated for the next 3 games before he was reactivated due to injuries to other running backs.[7] Orduna ended up playing 11 games for the Giants in 1972, starting 4.[8] He rushed for 129 yards on 36 carries with 1 touchdown.[8]

In 1973 Orduna played in all 14 games for the Giants, starting 3 and rushing for 104 yards on 36 attempts with 1 touchdown.[8] Before the 1974 season the Giants traded him along with a draft choice to the Colts for defensive end Roy Hilton.[2][4] Although he played in all 14 games for the Colts in 1974, he rushed only twice for 3 yards and 1 touchdown, all coming in an October 20 game against the New York Jets.[8][9] The Colts waived him before the 1975 season due to an excess of running backs on the team, and he was not picked up by any other team.[10]

References

  1. ^ Parker, Virgil (November 7, 1974). "I May Be Wrong". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 21. Retrieved 2018-08-04 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Colts Swap Roy Hilton". York Daily Record. June 12, 1984. p. 21. Retrieved 2018-08-04 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "49ers Cut Halfback Joe Orduna". The Press Democrat. September 14, 1972. p. 37. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  4. ^
    Press and Sun-Bulletin
    . June 12, 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 2018-08-04 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "49ers Open Camp in Santa Barbara". The Times Standard. July 16, 1972. p. 19. Retrieved 2018-08-04 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Grid Giants Acquire Joe Orduna, Place Vin Clements on Waivers". Hartford Courant. September 14, 1972. p. 81. Retrieved 2018-08-04 – via newspapers.com.
  7. Press and Sun-Bulletin
    . November 6, 1972. p. 24. Retrieved 2018-08-04 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b c d "Joe Orduna". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  9. ^ "Baltimore Colts at New York Jets - October 20, 1974". Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  10. Baltimore Sun
    . p. 35. Retrieved 2018-08-04 – via newspapers.com.

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