Joe Stringfellow

Joe Stringfellow
No. 81
Position:	Tailback
Personal information
Born:	March 10, 1918; Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Died:	September 16, 1992 (aged 74); Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
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
	Detroit Lions (1942);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

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]

References

^ "JOE STRINGFELLOW". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
^ Cleveland, Robert (March 27, 1950). "Sports From A Ringside Seat". Hattiesburg American. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bainbridge gets very close call". The News & Observer. AP. December 4, 1944. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Maxwell Field Loses, 15-7". The Atlanta Constitution. AP. October 30, 1944. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Service Status". Montgomery Advertiser. March 23, 1945. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Baseball Practice Opens at Southern". Hattiesburg American. February 18, 1947. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Cleveland, Robert (May 20, 1950). "Sports From A Ringside Seat". Hattiesburg American. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.