Joe Watt
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| Position: | Halfback, defensive back | ||||||||
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| Born: | June 18, 1919 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||
| Died: | June 27, 1983 (aged 64) Ithaca, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 184 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn, New York) | ||||||||
| College: | Syracuse | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1947 / round: 7 / pick: 47 | ||||||||
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Joseph Chessar Watt (June 18, 1919 – June 27, 1983) was an American football halfback who played professionally for three seasons in the National Football League (NFL
Watt was born in Montreal and attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn. He played college football and college baseball at Syracuse University. Watt served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II and was a member of the 1944 Camp Lee Travellers football team.[1]
Watt was selected by the Boston Yanks the 47th pick in the seventh round of the 1947 NFL draft and later played for the Detroit Lions and the New York Bulldogs.
Watt later worked for the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company for over 20 years. He was the founder and president of the Joseph C. Watt Distributing Co. in Ithaca, New York until his retirement in 1982. Watt died on June 27, 1983, at Tomkins Community Hospital, in Ithaca.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Travelers Plan Backfield Shift". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 20, 1944. p. 18. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Watt Distributing Co. founder dies". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. June 28, 1983. p. 3. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Joe Watt at Find a Grave
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- American football halfbacks
- Players of American football from Quebec
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- 1983 deaths
- American football defensive backs
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- Syracuse Orangemen baseball players
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