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{{short description|American football player}}
{{Short description|American football player (born 1953)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
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|position=[[Running back]]
| position = [[Running back]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|9|24|mf=y}}
|number=24, 20, 25, 27
| birth_place = [[Crockett, Texas]], U.S.
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1953|9|24|mf=y}}
| height_ft = 5
|birth_place=[[Crockett, Texas]]
| height_in = 9
|death_date=
| weight_lbs = 179
|height_ft=5
| high_school = [[Memorial High School (Port Arthur, Texas)|Abraham Lincoln]]<br/>([[Port Arthur, Texas]])
|height_in=9
| college = [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]
|weight_lbs=179
|draftyear=1976
| draftyear = 1976
|draftround=1
| draftround = 1
|draftpick=4
| draftpick = 4
| teams =
|high_school=[[Memorial High School (Port Arthur, Texas)|Abraham Lincoln]]<br/>([[Port Arthur, Texas]])
|college=[[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]
|teams=
* [[San Diego Chargers]] ({{NFL Year|1976}}–{{NFL Year|1977}})
* [[San Diego Chargers]] ({{NFL Year|1976}}–{{NFL Year|1977}})
* [[Baltimore Colts]] ({{NFL Year|1978}}–{{NFL Year|1980}})
* [[Baltimore Colts]] ({{NFL Year|1978}}–{{NFL Year|1980}})
* [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1981}}–{{NFL Year|1984}})
* [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1981}}–{{NFL Year|1984}})
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1985}})
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1985}})
| highlights =
|statlabel1=Rushing yards
* [[Super Bowl]] champion ([[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]])
|statvalue1=4,839
|statlabel2=Average
|statvalue2=4.0
|statlabel3=[[Touchdown]]s
|statvalue3=30
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|pfr=WashJo00
|highlights=
* [[Super Bowl]] Champion ([[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]])
* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1980 Pro Bowl|1979]])
* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1980 Pro Bowl|1979]])
* [[All-Pro]] (1981)
* [[List of NFL annual receptions leaders|NFL receptions leader]] (1979)
* [[List of NFL annual receptions leaders|NFL receptions leader]] (1979)
* [[Washington Redskins#The 70 Greatest Redskins|70 Greatest Redskins]]
* [[Washington Redskins#90 Greatest|70 Greatest Redskins]]
* 2× Consensus [[All-American]] ([[1974 College Football All-America Team|1974]], [[1975 College Football All-America Team|1975]])
* 2× [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1974 Oklahoma Sooners football team|1974]], [[1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team|1975]])
* Third-team [[All-American]] ([[1973 College Football All-America Team|1973]])
* [[List of unanimous All-Americans in college football|Unanimous All-American]] ([[1974 College Football All-America Team|1974]])
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1975 College Football All-America Team|1975]])
|CollegeHOF=2164
* Third-team All-American ([[1973 College Football All-America Team|1973]])
* 3× First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] ([[1973 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1973]], [[1974 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1974]], [[1975 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1975]])
| statlabel1 = [[Carry (gridiron football)|Rushing attempts]]
| statvalue1 = 1,195
| statlabel2 = [[Carry (gridiron football)|Rushing yards]]
| statvalue2 = 4,839
| statlabel3 = [[Touchdown|Rushing touchdowns]]
| statvalue3 = 12
| pfr = WashJo00
| CollegeHOF = 2164
}}
}}
'''Joe Dan Washington, Jr''' (born September 24, 1953) is a former [[American football]] [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[San Diego Chargers]], [[Baltimore Colts]], [[Washington Redskins]], and [[Atlanta Falcons]].


'''Joe Dan Washington Jr''' (born September 24, 1953) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[San Diego Chargers]], [[Baltimore Colts]], [[Washington Redskins]], and [[Atlanta Falcons]].
==Early career==

Washington graduated from [[Abraham Lincoln High School (Port Arthur, Texas)|Lincoln High School]] in [[Port Arthur, Texas]] where his father coached football. Washington had a stellar [[college football]] career at the [[University of Oklahoma]] where he was a two time First-team [[All-America]]n and finished third in the [[Heisman Trophy]] balloting in 1974 and fifth in 1975. He finished his career at Oklahoma with 4,071 career rushing yards. He is a member of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].
==Early life==
Washington graduated from [[Abraham Lincoln High School (Port Arthur, Texas)|Lincoln High School]] in [[Port Arthur, Texas]], where his father coached football. Washington had a stellar [[college football]] career at the [[University of Oklahoma]], where he was a two-time First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] and finished third in the [[Heisman Trophy]] balloting in 1974 and fifth in 1975. He finished his career at Oklahoma with 4,071 career rushing yards. He is a member of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
===San Diego Chargers===
===San Diego Chargers===
Washington was drafted fourth overall in the first round of the 1976 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. A knee injury forced him to miss the entire 1976 season for the Chargers. In 1977 he played sparingly, appearing in 13 games while rushing for 217 yards and having 244 yards receiving. A month prior to the start of the 1978 season, he was traded to the Baltimore Colts for 3 time Pro Bowl running back Lydell Mitchell.
Washington was drafted fourth overall in the first round of the 1976 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. A knee injury forced him to miss the entire 1976 season for the Chargers. In 1977 he played sparingly, appearing in 13 games while rushing for 217 yards and having 244 yards receiving.


===Baltimore Colts===
===Baltimore Colts===
He was traded along with a [[1979 NFL draft|1979]] fifth-round selection (131st overall&ndash;traded to [[Detroit Lions]] for [[Greg Landry]]) from the Chargers to the Colts for [[Lydell Mitchell]] on August 23, 1978. The transaction was the result of Mitchell's acrimonious contract dispute with Colts management in which he accused team owner [[Robert Irsay]] of bad faith bargaining and racial discrimination.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19780824&id=yfIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jNUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1404,6605247 "Colts to trade Mitchell," ''The Associated Press'' (AP), Thursday, August 24, 1978.] Retrieved November 3, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/DraftTrades/Years/1979.htm 1979 NFL Draft Pick Transactions, May 3 (Rounds 1&ndash;6) & 4 (Rounds 7&ndash;12) &ndash; Pro Sports Transactions.] Retrieved November 3, 2020</ref>

In 1978, his first year with the Colts, he had 958 yards rushing, which was a career high.
In 1978, his first year with the Colts, he had 958 yards rushing, which was a career high.


In 1979 he led the NFL with 82 receptions. He also had 750 yards receiving and 884 yards rushing along with seven touchdowns. This led Washington to being voted to the 1979 Pro Bowl.
In 1979 he led the NFL with 82 receptions. He also had 750 yards receiving and 884 yards rushing along with seven touchdowns. This led Washington to being voted to the 1979 Pro Bowl.


His most memorable performance was on September 18, 1978 in Baltimore's 34–27 victory over the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football, when he had a hand in three of the four touchdowns scored by the Colts in a fourth quarter in which both teams combined for 41 points. He helped lead off the scoring by throwing a 54-yard option pass to Roger Carr. Washington followed that up with a 23-yard touchdown catch from Bill Troup. Washington broke a 27–27 deadlock by scoring the game-winner on a 90-yard kickoff return in a driving rainstorm. It was scored in the final seconds of the game after the Patriots came back from 27–13.[1][2]
His most memorable performance was on September 18, 1978, in Baltimore's 34–27 victory over the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football, when he had a hand in three of the four touchdowns scored by the Colts in a fourth quarter in which both teams combined for 41 points. He helped lead off the scoring by throwing a 54-yard option pass to Roger Carr. Washington followed that up with a 23-yard touchdown catch from Bill Troup. Washington broke a 27–27 deadlock by scoring the game-winner on a 90-yard kickoff return in a driving rainstorm. It was scored in the final seconds of the game after the Patriots came back from 27 to 13.[1][2]


He remains the only NFL player to ever throw a touchdown, catch a touchdown and return a kickoff for a touchdown in a single game.
He remains the only NFL player to ever throw a touchdown, catch a touchdown and return a kickoff for a touchdown in a single game.
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===Atlanta Falcons===
===Atlanta Falcons===
He was traded to the Atlanta Falcons during the [[1985 NFL Draft]] and finished his career with one season in Atlanta. During the 1985 season with the Falcons, Washington appeared in all 16 games while recording 210 yards rushing and 37 receptions for 328 yards.
He was traded to the Atlanta Falcons during the [[1985 NFL draft]] and finished his career with one season in Atlanta. During the 1985 season with the Falcons, Washington appeared in all 16 games while recording 210 yards rushing and 37 receptions for 328 yards.


Washington retired with 4,839 rushing yards and 3,413 receiving yards and 30 touchdowns in his career.
Washington retired with 4,839 rushing yards and 3,413 receiving yards and 30 touchdowns in his career.

==NFL career statistics==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|-
! colspan="2"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|
| Won the [[Super Bowl]]
|-
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league
|-
| '''Bold'''
| Career high
|}

===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="5"| Rushing
! colspan="5"| Receiving
|-
! GP !! GS !! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD
|-
! [[1977 NFL season|1977]] !! [[1977 San Diego Chargers season|SDG]]
| 13 || 0 || 62 || 217 || 3.5 || 19 || 0 || 31 || 244 || 7.9 || 29 || 0
|-
! [[1978 NFL season|1978]] !! [[1978 Baltimore Colts season|BAL]]
| '''16''' || 12 || 240 || '''956''' || 4.0 || 29 || 0 || 45 || 377 || 8.4 || 33 || 1
|-
! [[1979 NFL season|1979]] !! [[1979 Baltimore Colts season|BAL]]
| 15 || '''15''' || '''242''' || 884 || 3.7 || 26 || '''4''' || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''82''' || '''750''' || 9.1 || 43 || 3
|-
! [[1980 NFL season|1980]] !! [[1980 Baltimore Colts season|BAL]]
| '''16''' || 11 || 144 || 502 || 3.5 || 17 || 1 || 51 || 494 || '''9.7''' || 33 || 3
|-
! [[1981 NFL season|1981]] !! [[1981 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]
| 14 || 13 || 210 || 916 || 4.4 || 32 || '''4''' || 70 || 558 || 8.0 || 32 || 3
|-
! [[1982 NFL season|1982]] !! style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| [[1982 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]
| 7 || 1 || 44 || 190 || 4.3 || 40 || 1 || 19 || 134 || 7.1 || 17 || 1
|-
! [[1983 NFL season|1983]] !! [[1983 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]
| 15 || 1 || 145 || 772 || '''5.3''' || '''41''' || 0 || 47 || 454 || '''9.7''' || '''67''' || '''6'''
|-
! [[1984 NFL season|1984]] !! [[1984 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]
| 7 || 0 || 56 || 192 || 3.4 || 12 || 1 || 13 || 74 || 5.7 || 12 || 0
|-
! [[1985 NFL season|1985]] !! [[1985 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]
| '''16''' || 0 || 52 || 210 || 4.0 || 14 || 1 || 37 || 328 || 8.9 || 34 || 1
|-
! colspan="2"| !! 119 !! 53 !! 1,195 !! 4,839 !! 4.0 !! 41 !! 12 !! 395 !! 3,413 !! 8.6 !! 67 !! 18
|}

===Playoffs===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="5"| Rushing
! colspan="5"| Receiving
|-
! GP !! GS !! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD
|-
! [[1982 NFL season|1982]] !! style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| [[1982 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]
| '''4''' || 0 || 4 || 22 || '''5.5''' || '''11''' || 0 || 3 || 33 || '''11.0''' || '''15''' || 0
|-
! [[1983 NFL season|1983]] !! [[1983 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]
| 3 || 0 || '''14''' || '''29''' || 2.1 || 8 || 0 || '''7''' || '''51''' || 7.3 || 10 || 0
|-
! [[1984 NFL season|1984]] !! [[1984 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]
| 1 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 5.0 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 12 || 6.0 || 8 || 0
|-
! colspan="2"| !! 8 !! 0 !! 19 !! 56 !! 2.9 !! 11 !! 0 !! 12 !! 96 !! 8.0 !! 15 !! 0
|}


==Post-football career==
==Post-football career==
He had worked as a [[financial adviser]] for [[Wells Fargo]].<ref name="klingaman">[http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/thetoydepartment/2009/11/catching_up_with_former_colt_j_3.html Klingaman, Mike. "Catching Up With...former Colt Joe Washington," ''The Toy Department'' (''The Baltimore Sun'' sports blog), Wednesday, November 25, 2009.]</ref> With former basketball player [[Julius Erving]], Washington fielded a [[NASCAR]] [[Busch Series]] team from 1998–2000.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pockrass |first=Bob |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-01-31/super-bowl-2013-nfl-dan-marino-randy-moss-brett-favre-troy-aikman-joe-gibbs |title=NFL and NASCAR: Former NFL stars who dabbled in stock-car racing |work=[[Sporting News]] |date=January 31, 2014 |accessdate=March 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522121301/http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-01-31/super-bowl-2013-nfl-dan-marino-randy-moss-brett-favre-troy-aikman-joe-gibbs |archivedate=May 22, 2013 }}</ref> In May 2007, Washington returned to the University of Oklahoma, to serve as the special assistant to the director of athletics/executive director of the Varsity O Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=210294588 |title=Joe Washington biography |work=The Official Site of Oklahoma Sooner Sports |accessdate=July 15, 2019}}</ref>
He had worked as a [[financial adviser]] for [[Wells Fargo]].<ref name="klingaman">[http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/thetoydepartment/2009/11/catching_up_with_former_colt_j_3.html Klingaman, Mike. "Catching Up With...former Colt Joe Washington," ''The Toy Department'' (''The Baltimore Sun'' sports blog), Wednesday, November 25, 2009.]</ref> With former basketball player [[Julius Erving]], Washington fielded a [[NASCAR]] [[Busch Series]] team from 1998 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pockrass |first=Bob |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-01-31/super-bowl-2013-nfl-dan-marino-randy-moss-brett-favre-troy-aikman-joe-gibbs |title=NFL and NASCAR: Former NFL stars who dabbled in stock-car racing |work=[[Sporting News]] |date=January 31, 2014 |access-date=March 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522121301/http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-01-31/super-bowl-2013-nfl-dan-marino-randy-moss-brett-favre-troy-aikman-joe-gibbs |archive-date=May 22, 2013 }}</ref> In May 2007, Washington returned to the University of Oklahoma, to serve as the special assistant to the director of athletics/executive director of the Varsity O Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=210294588 |title=Joe Washington biography |work=The Official Site of Oklahoma Sooner Sports |access-date=July 15, 2019}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.nfl.com/players/joewashington/profile?id=WAS440487 Washington's NFL profile]
* [http://www.nfl.com/players/joewashington/profile?id=WAS440487 Washington's NFL profile]


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Latest revision as of 13:55, 3 November 2024

Joe Washington
No. 24, 20, 25, 27
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1953-09-24) September 24, 1953 (age 71)
Crockett, Texas, U.S.
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:179 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school:Abraham Lincoln
(Port Arthur, Texas)
College:Oklahoma
NFL draft:1976 / round: 1 / pick: 4
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing attempts:1,195
Rushing yards:4,839
Rushing touchdowns:12
Stats at Pro Football Reference
College Football Hall of Fame

Joe Dan Washington Jr (born September 24, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins, and Atlanta Falcons.

Early life

[edit]

Washington graduated from Lincoln High School in Port Arthur, Texas, where his father coached football. Washington had a stellar college football career at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a two-time First-team All-American and finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1974 and fifth in 1975. He finished his career at Oklahoma with 4,071 career rushing yards. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

Professional career

[edit]

San Diego Chargers

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Washington was drafted fourth overall in the first round of the 1976 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. A knee injury forced him to miss the entire 1976 season for the Chargers. In 1977 he played sparingly, appearing in 13 games while rushing for 217 yards and having 244 yards receiving.

Baltimore Colts

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He was traded along with a 1979 fifth-round selection (131st overall–traded to Detroit Lions for Greg Landry) from the Chargers to the Colts for Lydell Mitchell on August 23, 1978. The transaction was the result of Mitchell's acrimonious contract dispute with Colts management in which he accused team owner Robert Irsay of bad faith bargaining and racial discrimination.[1][2]

In 1978, his first year with the Colts, he had 958 yards rushing, which was a career high.

In 1979 he led the NFL with 82 receptions. He also had 750 yards receiving and 884 yards rushing along with seven touchdowns. This led Washington to being voted to the 1979 Pro Bowl.

His most memorable performance was on September 18, 1978, in Baltimore's 34–27 victory over the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football, when he had a hand in three of the four touchdowns scored by the Colts in a fourth quarter in which both teams combined for 41 points. He helped lead off the scoring by throwing a 54-yard option pass to Roger Carr. Washington followed that up with a 23-yard touchdown catch from Bill Troup. Washington broke a 27–27 deadlock by scoring the game-winner on a 90-yard kickoff return in a driving rainstorm. It was scored in the final seconds of the game after the Patriots came back from 27 to 13.[1][2]

He remains the only NFL player to ever throw a touchdown, catch a touchdown and return a kickoff for a touchdown in a single game.

Washington Redskins

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On April 28, 1981, the Washington Redskins obtained Washington by trading a second-round pick in the 1981 NFL Draft to the Baltimore Colts.

During his first year with the Redskins in 1981, Washington combined with future Hall of Famer John Riggins to give the Redskins a formidable running game. Washington led the team in rushing with 916 yards and receptions with 70 to go along with 558 yards receiving. The strike shortened 1982 season was mostly a disappointing season for Washington as he only recorded 190 yards rushing during the 9 game regular season and only touched the ball seven times during the Redskins run through the playoffs where they defeated the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII.

Washington returned to his normal dual threat capabilities in 1983 as he recorded 772 yards rushing and 454 yards receiving as the Redskins returned to the Super Bowl only to lose Super Bowl XVIII to the Los Angeles Raiders.

During the 1984 season, Washington only played in 7 games for the Redskins and recorded 192 yards rushing.

Atlanta Falcons

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He was traded to the Atlanta Falcons during the 1985 NFL draft and finished his career with one season in Atlanta. During the 1985 season with the Falcons, Washington appeared in all 16 games while recording 210 yards rushing and 37 receptions for 328 yards.

Washington retired with 4,839 rushing yards and 3,413 receiving yards and 30 touchdowns in his career.

NFL career statistics

[edit]
Legend
Won the Super Bowl
Led the league
Bold Career high

Regular season

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Year Team Games Rushing Receiving
GP GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
1977 SDG 13 0 62 217 3.5 19 0 31 244 7.9 29 0
1978 BAL 16 12 240 956 4.0 29 0 45 377 8.4 33 1
1979 BAL 15 15 242 884 3.7 26 4 82 750 9.1 43 3
1980 BAL 16 11 144 502 3.5 17 1 51 494 9.7 33 3
1981 WAS 14 13 210 916 4.4 32 4 70 558 8.0 32 3
1982 WAS 7 1 44 190 4.3 40 1 19 134 7.1 17 1
1983 WAS 15 1 145 772 5.3 41 0 47 454 9.7 67 6
1984 WAS 7 0 56 192 3.4 12 1 13 74 5.7 12 0
1985 ATL 16 0 52 210 4.0 14 1 37 328 8.9 34 1
119 53 1,195 4,839 4.0 41 12 395 3,413 8.6 67 18

Playoffs

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Year Team Games Rushing Receiving
GP GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
1982 WAS 4 0 4 22 5.5 11 0 3 33 11.0 15 0
1983 WAS 3 0 14 29 2.1 8 0 7 51 7.3 10 0
1984 WAS 1 0 1 5 5.0 5 0 2 12 6.0 8 0
8 0 19 56 2.9 11 0 12 96 8.0 15 0

Post-football career

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He had worked as a financial adviser for Wells Fargo.[3] With former basketball player Julius Erving, Washington fielded a NASCAR Busch Series team from 1998 to 2000.[4] In May 2007, Washington returned to the University of Oklahoma, to serve as the special assistant to the director of athletics/executive director of the Varsity O Association.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Colts to trade Mitchell," The Associated Press (AP), Thursday, August 24, 1978. Retrieved November 3, 2020
  2. ^ 1979 NFL Draft Pick Transactions, May 3 (Rounds 1–6) & 4 (Rounds 7–12) – Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved November 3, 2020
  3. ^ Klingaman, Mike. "Catching Up With...former Colt Joe Washington," The Toy Department (The Baltimore Sun sports blog), Wednesday, November 25, 2009.
  4. ^ Pockrass, Bob (January 31, 2014). "NFL and NASCAR: Former NFL stars who dabbled in stock-car racing". Sporting News. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  5. ^ "Joe Washington biography". The Official Site of Oklahoma Sooner Sports. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
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