Joe Aguirre

Joe Aguirre

Aguirre in 1946
No. 19
Position:	End
Personal information
Born:	(1918-10-17)October 17, 1918 Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.
Died:	July 13, 1985(1985-07-13) (aged 66) Grass Valley, California, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Ogden (UT)
College:	Saint Mary's (CA)
NFL draft:	1941 / round: 11 / pick: 100
Career history
As a player:
Washington Redskins (1941, 1943–1945) Los Angeles Dons (1946–1949) Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1950–1951) Edmonton Eskimos (1952) Saskatchewan Roughriders (1953–1955)
As a coach:
Edmonton Eskimos (line) (1952)
Career highlights and awards
2× Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy winner (1950, 1954) 2× CFL All Star (1950, 1952)
Career NFL + AAFC statistics
Games played: 83 Starts: 49 Receiving yards: 2,223 (13.6 average) Touchdowns: 30 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Joseph Andrew Aguirre (October 17, 1918 – July 13, 1985) was an American football end. He played collegiately at Saint Mary's College of California and was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1941 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins.^[1]

In addition to playing in the National Football League (NFL) in 1941 and again from 1943 to 1945 for the Redskins, Aguirre played for four years with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

He also spent time in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos, and Saskatchewan Roughriders. In his time in the CFL, he won the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy as the Western Interprovincial Football Union's Top Scorer in 1950 and again in 1954.