Joe Secord

Secord signed to play professional football with the Green Bay Packers of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1921; the league was renamed to the National Football League (NFL) in 1922.^[9] He did not appear in any games during the 1921 season.^[8] He returned in 1922 and was one of seven hometown players.^[9] He competed with Fee Klaus, another Green Bay West graduate, for the Packers' starting center job, and the Press-Gazette noted that "They are both West siders and the old Purple fighting spirit still is much in evidence."^[9] Secord appeared in two games during the 1922 season, both as a starter, as the Packers compiled a record of 4–3–3, seventh place in the NFL.^[10]

During his playing career, Secord weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).^[8]

Secord worked briefly in Detroit, Michigan, before he became a salesman for the Green Bay Grocer Company in 1921.^[2] He rose to the position of officer and later director, and stayed director as the company rebranded as the Pioneer Distributing and Pioneer Liquid Company in 1946.^[2] He retired as an active employee in 1964 but held the titles of vice president and director until his death.^[2]

Secord married Ethel Denessen in 1923 and had a son and a daughter.^[2] He was a member of the Holy Name Society of Annunciation Church, the Knights of Columbus and the Packers Alumni Association.^[2] He lived nearly his entire life in Green Bay and died there on August 21, 1970, after a short illness.^[2] He died at the age of 72, one day short of his 73rd birthday.^[2]