Back, Oklahoma (from Texas), 1960–⁠63

Joe Don Looney

Born
Oct 10, 1942, in Fort Worth, Texas
Died
Sep 24, 1988, in Terlingua, Texas

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Joe Don Looney played back at Texas (1960) and Oklahoma (1962–⁠63). The New York Giants took Looney in the first round, No. 12 overall in the 1964 NFL Draft. The Kansas City Chiefs also took him in round 6, No. 44 overall in the 1964 AFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1962
First-team All-Big Eight
Drafted
No. 12
Overall, 1964 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Honors

Team titles: Big Eight champions, 1962

All-America: Sporting News second team 1962; Central Press second team 1962

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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