JOE LAWSLaws, Joseph Ray, Jr.Height: 5-9 Weight: 186 Born: June 16, 1911 Colfax, IA Died: August 22, 1979 Green Bay, WI High School: Colfax (IA) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Iowa | |
| 1931 | Iowa | Lettered |
| 1932 | Iowa | Lettered |
| 1933 | Iowa | Lettered |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1934 GB NFL | 41 | HB-RDH-BB-S-TB-LDH | 13 | 7 |
| 1935 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1935 GB NFL | 29 | HB-RDH | 12 | 4 |
| 1936 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1936 GB NFL | 29 | TB-RDH-HB-LDH | 11 | 4 |
| 1937 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1937 GB NFL | 24 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 11 | 9 |
| 1938 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1938 GB NFL | 24 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 11 | 7 |
| 1939 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1939 GB NFL | 24 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 11 | 3 |
| 1940 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1940 GB NFL | 24 | HB-RDH | 3 | 2 |
| 1941 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1941 GB NFL | 24 | HB-RDH | 10 | 4 |
| 1942 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1942 GB NFL | 24 | HB-RDH | 10 | 6 |
| 1943 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1943 GB NFL | 24 | HB-RDH | 10 | 2 |
| 1944 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1944 GB NFL | 24 | HB-RDH | 10 | 4 |
| 1945 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1945 GB NFL | 24 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 10 | 6 |
| 12 Years (NFL)12 Years NFL | 122 | 58 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Signed | 2/8/1934 | 1934 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1934 GB NFL |
| Free Agent | 1945 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1945 GB NFL |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1934 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | |||
| 1935 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1935 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||
| 1936 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1936 GB NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | |||
| 1937 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1937 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1938 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1938 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1939 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1939 GB NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| 1940 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1940 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1941 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1941 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1942 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1942 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1944 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1944 GB NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 21 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 126 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1934 GB NFL | 46 | 155 | 3.4 | 1 | |||||
| 1935 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1935 GB NFL | 24 | 63 | 2.6 | 1 | |||||
| 1936 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1936 GB NFL | 50 | 296 | 5.9 | 1 | |||||
| 1937 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1937 GB NFL | 74 | 310 | 4.2 | 1 | |||||
| 1938 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1938 GB NFL | 60 | 253 | 4.2 | 0 | |||||
| 1939 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1939 GB NFL | 55 | 162 | 2.9 | 2 | |||||
| 1940 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1940 GB NFL | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | |||||
| 1941 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1941 GB NFL | 21 | 58 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1942 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1942 GB NFL | 29 | 100 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1943 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1943 GB NFL | 43 | 232 | 5.4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1944 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1944 GB NFL | 45 | 200 | 4.4 | 50 | 3 | ||||
| 1945 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1945 GB NFL | 16 | 82 | 5.1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 470 | 1932 | 4.1 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1934 GB NFL | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1935 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1935 GB NFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | |||
| 1936 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1936 GB NFL | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 22 | 5.5 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89.6 | ||
| 1937 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1937 GB NFL | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 4 | 42 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 18.2 | 46.6 | ||||||
| 1938 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1938 GB NFL | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1939 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1939 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||||
| 1942 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1942 GB NFL | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 76 | 25.3 | 38.0 | 62 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 149.3 | |||
| 1944 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1944 GB NFL | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 15 | 3.8 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | |||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 33 | 10 | 30.3 | 17 | 163 | 4.9 | 16.3 | 62 | 3 | 9.1 | 6 | 18.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1934 GB NFL | 9 | 165 | 18.3 | 1 | |||||||
| 1935 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1935 GB NFL | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1936 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1936 GB NFL | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 2 | |||||||
| 1937 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1937 GB NFL | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1938 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1938 GB NFL | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 1 | |||||||
| 1939 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1939 GB NFL | 11 | 177 | 16.1 | 1 | |||||||
| 1940 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1940 GB NFL | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | |||||||
| 1941 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1941 GB NFL | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1942 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1942 GB NFL | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1943 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1943 GB NFL | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1944 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1944 GB NFL | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 29t | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1945 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1945 GB NFL | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 79 | 1041 | 13.2 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1938 GB NFL | 1 | ||||
| 1941 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1941 GB NFL | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| 1942 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1942 GB NFL | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 38 | 0 |
| 1943 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1943 GB NFL | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 17 | 0 |
| 1944 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1944 GB NFL | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1945 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1945 GB NFL | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 18 | 266 | 14.8 | 38 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1939 GB NFL | 1 | ||||||||
| 1941 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1941 GB NFL | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1942 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1942 GB NFL | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1943 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1943 GB NFL | 10 | 84 | 8.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1944 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1944 GB NFL | 15 | 118 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1945 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1945 GB NFL | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 45 | 332 | 7.4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1941 GB NFL | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1942 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1942 GB NFL | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1943 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1943 GB NFL | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1944 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1944 GB NFL | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1945 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1945 GB NFL | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 19 | 362 | 19.1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1945 GB NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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