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JOE WATT

Watt, Joseph Chessar
Height: 5-11 Weight: 184
Born: June 18, 1919 Montreal, QC
Died: June 27, 1983 Ithaca, NY
High School: Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn, NY)

Year	College	Status
1939	Syracuse
1940	Syracuse	Lettered
1941	Syracuse	Lettered
1946	Syracuse	Lettered

Draft: 8th round (58th overall) 1947 Buffalo Bills; 7th round (47th overall) 1947 Boston Yanks

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1947 Boston Yanks (NFL)1947 BOS NFL	56	RDH	4	0
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	15	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	8	6
1947 Year (NFL)1947 Year NFL			12	6
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	14	S-ROH	11	10
1949 New York Bulldogs (NFL)1949 NYG NFL	4	RDH	5	5
3 Years (NFL)3 Years NFL			28	21

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/16/1946	1947 Boston Yanks (NFL)1947 BOS NFL
Draft	12/21/1946	1947 Buffalo Bills (AAFC)1947 BUF AAFC
Signed		1947 Boston Yanks (NFL)1947 BOS NFL
Released		1947 Boston Yanks (NFL)1947 BOS NFL
Signed		1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL
Free Agent	5/1/1949	1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL
Signed		1949 New York Bulldogs (NFL)1949 NYG NFL
Free Agent	6/1/1950	1949 New York Bulldogs (NFL)1949 NYG NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1947 Year (NFL)1947 Year NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	11	7	0.6	7	0		0	0
1947 Year (NFL)1947 Year NFL	11	7	0.6	7	0		0	0
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	20	54	2.7	10	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	31	61	2.0	10	0		0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL		4		104	26.0	75t	2
1947 Year (NFL)1947 Year NFL		4		104	26.0	75t	2
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL		2		29	14.5	24	0		1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		10		237	23.7	75t	4		1	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	2	32	16.0	25	0
1947 Year (NFL)1947 Year NFL	2	32	16.0	25	0
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	4	39	9.8	22	0
1949 New York Bulldogs (NFL)1949 NYG NFL	1	5	5.0	5	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	7	76	10.9	25	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1947 Boston Yanks (NFL)1947 BOS NFL	2		28	14.0		0
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	8		115	14.4		0
1947 Year (NFL)1947 Year NFL	10		143	14.3	28	0		0
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	8		87	10.9	18	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	18		230	12.8	18	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	4		68	17.0	24	0		0
1947 Year (NFL)1947 Year NFL	4		68	17.0	24	0		0
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	12		180	15.0	25	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	16		248	15.5	25	0		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1947 Detroit Lions (NFL)1947 DET NFL	1		0	1	1	0	0
1947 Year (NFL)1947 Year NFL	1		0	1	1	0	0
1948 Detroit Lions (NFL)1948 DET NFL	1		0	1	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2		0	2	2	0	0

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