Johnny Joss

Johnny Joss
Position: Tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: March 18, 1902
Place of birth: Indianapolis, Indiana
Date of death: March 22, 1955 (age 53)
Place of death: Washington, D.C.
Career information
College: Yale
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-American (1925)

John Hubbard "Johnny" Joss (March 18, 1902 – March 22, 1955) was an American football player. Joss was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1902 and attended the Taft School in Connecticut before enrolling at Yale College.[1] He played college football at the tackle position for the Yale Bulldogs football team, was captain of the 1925 Yale Bulldogs football team,[2][3] and was selected by Liberty magazine and the New York Sun as a first-team player on the 1925 College Football All-America Team.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ History of the Class of 1926 (Yale College), p. 57.
  2. ↑ History of the Class of 1926 (Yale College), p. 190.
  3. ↑ "Joss, Yale Football Captain, Is Warned Further Absences May Mean His Expulsion". The New York Times. March 10, 1925.
  4. ↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1157. ISBN 1401337031.
  5. ↑ "Here's An All-American Picked By New York Sun Favors Eastern Players". Hamilton Evening Journal. 1925-11-28.


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