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Joe Washington

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Running back

Personal information

Date of birth: September 24, 1953 (age 59)

Place of birth: Crockett, Texas

Career information

High school: Port Arthur (TX) Lincoln

College: Oklahoma

NFL Draft: 1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4

Debuted in 1976

Last played in 1985

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Rushing yards	4,839
Average	4.0
Touchdowns	30
Stats at NFL.com

College Football Hall of Fame

Joe Dan Washington, Jr (born September 24, 1953) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins, and Atlanta Falcons.

1 Early career
2 Professional career
3 References
4 External links

Early career[edit]

Washington graduated from Lincoln High School in Port Arthur, Texas where his father coached football. Washington had a stellar college football career in the University of Oklahoma where Washington was a two time First-team All-American and finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1974 and fifth in 1975. He finished his career at Oklahoma with 4,071 career rushing yards. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

Professional career[edit]

Washington was drafted fourth overall in the first round of the 1976 NFL Draft by the Chargers. A month prior to the start of the 1978 season, he was traded to Baltimore for Lydell Mitchell.^[1] Washington was with the Colts when he made his lone Pro Bowl appearance in 1979. He led the NFL that season with 82 receptions for 750 yards, and had 242 carries for 884 yards and seven touchdowns.

His most memorable performance was on September 18, 1978 in Baltimore's 34–27 victory over the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football, when he had a hand in three of the four touchdowns scored by the Colts in a fourth quarter in which both teams combined for 41 points. He helped lead off the scoring by throwing a 54-yard option pass to Roger Carr. Washington followed that up with a 23-yard touchdown catch from Bill Troup. Washington broke a 27–27 deadlock by scoring the gamewinner on a 90-yard kickoff return in a driving rainstorm. It was scored in the final seconds of the game after the Patriots came back from 27-13.^[1]^[2]

With the Redskins, Washington played in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XVIII.

Washington was reportedly the only player who did not wear the 1982 Redskins logo on his helmet. He used the logo the Redskins had used from 1972–1981 and 1983 to present.^{[citation needed]}

Washington retired with 4,839 rushing yards and 3,413 receiving yards and 30 touchdowns in his career. He currently works as a financial adviser for Wells Fargo.^[1]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

v t e 1974 Oklahoma Sooners football—AP national champions

Karl Baldischwiler Dean Blevins Billy Brooks Sam Claphan Steve Davis Zac Henderson Randy Hughes Horace Ivory Elvis Peacock Tony Peters Lee Roy Selmon Dewey Selmon Rod Shoate Joe Washington Head coach: Barry Switzer Assistant coaches: Galen Hall Larry Lacewell Rex Norris Jerry Pettibone

v t e 1975 Oklahoma Sooners football—consensus national champions

Karl Baldischwiler Dean Blevins Billy Brooks Sam Claphan Steve Davis Zac Henderson Daryl Hunt Horace Ivory Reggie Kinlaw Elvis Peacock Lee Roy Selmon Dewey Selmon Billy Sims Uwe von Schamann Joe Washington Head coach: Barry Switzer Assistant coaches: Galen Hall Rex Norris

v t e 1974 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Steve Bartkowski RB Anthony Davis RB Archie Griffin RB Joe Washington WR Peter Demmerle TE Bennie Cunningham OT Marvin Crenshaw OT John Roush G Gerry DiNardo G Ken Huff C Steve Myers

Defense	DL Rubin Carter DL Leroy Cook DL Pat Donovan DL Mike Hartenstine DL Louie Kelcher DL Jimmy Webb DL Randy White LB Kenneth Bernich LB Woodrow Lowe LB Rod Shoate LB Richard Wood DB Dave Brown DB John Provost DB Pat Thomas

v t e 1976 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Lee Roy Selmon Steve Niehaus Chuck Muncie Joe Washington Mike Haynes Richard Todd Mike Pruitt Dennis Lick Bubba Bean James Hunter Billy Brooks Pete Brock Troy Archer Rod Walters Tom Glassic Lawrence Gaines Larry Gordon Mario Clark Kim Bokamper Ken Novak Tim Fox Mike Dawson Mark Koncar Archie Griffin James White Kevin McLain Aaron Kyle Bennie Cunningham

Draft years 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

v t e San Diego Chargers first-round draft picks

Stickles Faison Ferguson Sweeney T. Davis DeLong D. Davis Billingsley R. Washington Hill Domres Babich Gillette Burns Rodgers Matthews Goode Johnson M. Williams J. Washington Rush Jefferson Winslow Brooks Smith Anderson Byrd L. Williams Cade Lachey O'Neal FitzPatrick Bernstine Miller Grossman Seau Richard Mims Gordon Leaf Tomlinson Jammer S. Davis Manning Merriman Castillo Cromartie C. Davis Cason English Mathews Liuget Ingram Fluker

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAC TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

Washington Redskins Super Bowl XVII Champions

Head Coach: Joe Gibbs

70 Greatest Redskins

21 Terry Allen RB 1995-98
41 Mike Bass CB 1969-75
20 Cliff Battles B 1932-37
33 Sammy Baugh QB 1937-52
31 Don Bosseler B 1957-64
53 Jeff Bostic C 1980-93
4 Mike Bragg P 1968-79
80 Gene Brito DE 1951-53, 1955-58
43 Larry Brown RB 1969-76
77 Bill Brundige DE 1970-77
65 Dave Butz DT 1975-88
21 Earnest Byner RB 1989-93
84 Gary Clark WR 1985-92
51 Monte Coleman LB 1979-94
53 Al DeMao C 1945-53
36 Chuck Drazenovich LB 1950-59
35 Bill Dudley RB 1950-51, 1953
17 Turk Edwards T 1932-40
44 Andy Farkas FB 1938-44
37 Pat Fischer CB 1968-77
28 Darrell Green CB 1983-2002
68 Russ Grimm G 1981-91
55 Chris Hanburger LB 1965-78
57 Ken Harvey LB 1994-98
56 Len Hauss C 1964-77
27 Ken Houston S 1973-80
70 Sam Huff LB 1964-67, 1969
66 Joe Jacoby T/G 1981-93
47 Dick James RB 1955-63
9 Sonny Jurgensen QB 1964-74
22 Charlie Justice RB 1950, 1952-54
17 Billy Kilmer QB 1971-78
26 Paul Krause DB 1964-67
79 Jim Lachey T 1988-95
14 Eddie LeBaron QB 1952-53, 1955-59
72 Dexter Manley DE 1981-89
71 Charles Mann DE 1983-93
58 Wilber Marshall LB 1988-92
73 Mark May T 1981-89
79 Ron McDole DE 1971-78
63 Raleigh McKenzie G 1985-94
53 Harold McLinton LB 1969-78
40 Wayne Millner E 1936-41, 1945
49 Bobby Mitchell FL 1962-68
30 Brian Mitchell RB 1990-99
81 Art Monk WR 1980-93
3 Mark Moseley K 1974-86
29 Mark Murphy S 1977-84
21 Mike Nelms KR 1980-84
52 Neal Olkewicz LB 1979-89
23 Brig Owens LB 1966-77
65 Vince Promuto G 1960-70
44 John Riggins RB 1976-79, 1981-85
11 Mark Rypien QB 1987-93
83 Ricky Sanders WR 1986-93
76 Ed Simmons T 1987-93
87 Jerry Smith TE 1965-77
60 Dick Stanfel G 1956-58
74 George Starke T 1973-84
72 Diron Talbert DT 1971-80
84 Hugh (Bones) Taylor E 1947-54
42 Charley Taylor WR 1964-77
7 Joe Theismann QB 1974-85
67 Rusty Tillman LB 1970-77
85 Don Warren TE 1979-92
25 Joe Washington RB 1981-84
17 Doug Williams QB 1986-89

Coaches

George Allen Head Coach 1971-77
Ray Flaherty Head Coach 1936-42
Joe Gibbs Head Coach 1981-92

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