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Position: | Tailback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. | March 10, 1918
Died: | September 16, 1992 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 74)
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Mississippi Southern |
NFL draft: | 1942 / Round: 12 / Pick: 105 |
Career history | |
Player stats at PFR |
Joseph Elbert Stringfellow (March 10, 1918 – September 16, 1992) was an American football tailback and baseball catcher and first baseman. In football, he played one season with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) after being drafted in the twelfth round of the 1942 NFL draft. He played college football at Mississippi Southern College.[1] He also played minor league baseball in Class A.[2]
During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Forces and played football for the service team at Maxwell Field.[3][4] He was also the baseball coach at Gunter Field and Mississippi Southern.[5][6] In 1950, he was named deputy sheriff of Chatham County, Georgia.[7]
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