Place of birth Eufaula, Oklahoma Role American football player Name Joe Golding | College Oklahoma Education University of Oklahoma | |
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Date of birth (1921-03-26)March 26, 1921 Date of death December 26, 1971(1971-12-26) (aged 50) Position(s) Halfback / Defensive back Died December 26, 1971, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States | ||
Place of death Muskogee, Oklahoma | ||
Joseph Griffith Golding (March 26, 1921 – December 26, 1971) was a professional American Football halfback/defensive back in the National Football League. He played for the Boston Yanks (1947–1948) and the New York Bulldogs/Yanks (1949–1951).
His 1951 Bowman football card #115 relates the following: "In the service for 44 months. Won Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart. Commissioned on the battlefield while an infantry-man in Europe".
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