Joe Aguirre

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]

PositionEnd

Born(1918-10-17)October 17, 1918
Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.

DiedJuly 13, 1985(1985-07-13) (aged 66)
Grass Valley, California, U.S.

Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

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Joe Aguirre

Aguirre in 1946
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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.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Ogden (UT)
College	Saint Mary's (CA) (1937-1940)
NFL draft	1941: 11th round, 100th overall pick
Career history
Playing
Washington Redskins (1941, 1943–1945) Los Angeles Dons (1946-1949) Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1950–1951) Edmonton Eskimos (1952) Saskatchewan Roughriders (1953–1955)
Coaching
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1951) Assistant coach Edmonton Eskimos (1952) Line coach Saskatchewan Roughriders (1953-1955) Assistant coach
Awards and highlights
First-team All-Pro (1944) 2× Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy winner (1950, 1954) 2× CFL All Star (1950, 1952)
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

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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.