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Joe Aguirre

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Joe Aguirre
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Aguirre in 1946
No. 19, 57, 59, 60, 77, 78
Position:End
Personal information
Born:(1918-10-17)October 17, 1918
Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.
Died:July 13, 1985(1985-07-13) (aged 66)
Grass Valley, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:Ogden (UT)
College:Saint Mary's (CA)
NFL draft:1941 / round: 11 / pick: 100
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
  • Edmonton Eskimos (1952)
    Line coach
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL + AAFC statistics
Receptions:163
Receiving yards:2,223
Field goals made:17
Field goal attempts:39
Field goal %:43.6
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Joseph Andrew Aguirre (October 17, 1918 – July 13, 1985) was an American football end. He played collegiately at Saint Mary's College of California and was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1941 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins.[1]

Joe Aguirre (top left) on the program for a November 2, 1947 game with the rival San Francisco 49ers.

In addition to playing in the National Football League (NFL) in 1941 and again from 1943 to 1945 for the Redskins, Aguirre played for four years with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

He also spent time in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos, and Saskatchewan Roughriders. In his time in the CFL, he won the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy as the Western Interprovincial Football Union's Top Scorer in 1950 and again in 1954.

NFL/AAFC career statistics

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Legend
Bold Career high

Regular season

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Year Team Games Receiving
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
1941 WAS 10 1 10 103 10.3 17 2
1943 WAS 10 10 37 420 11.4 44 7
1944 WAS 10 10 34 410 12.1 58 4
1945 WAS 10 9 16 189 11.8 28 0
1946 LAD 14 9 14 246 17.6 68 2
1947 LAD 12 6 11 219 19.9 51 5
1948 LAD 13 4 38 599 15.8 67 9
1949 LAD 4 0 3 37 12.3 - 1
83 49 163 2,223 13.6 68 30

Playoffs

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Year Team Games Receiving
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
1943 WAS 2 2 3 46 15.3 25 1
2 2 3 46 15.3 25 1

References

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  1. ^ Maher, Tod; Gill, Bob (2013). The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia: Every Player, Coach and Game, 1946–2012. Maher Sports Media. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-0983513667.
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