Joe Childress
Joseph Childress
Born: October 26, 1933
Robertsdale, AL USA
Deceased: May 5, 1986
Houston, TX
Position: HB-FB-FL
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 202
College: Auburn
High School: Robertsdale (AL)
Career: 1956-1965
Drafted: 1956 in Round 1, #7 overall by the Chicago Cardinals
Joe Childress played from 1956 to 1965 during his career with the Chicago Cardinals and St. Louis Cardinals. Childress ran for 2,210 yards in his career on 530 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 121 passes for 1,700 yards and 13 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 43 | 56.3 |
1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 43 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 43 | 203 | 4.7 | 30 | 0 |
1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 41 | 168 | 4.1 | 39 | 1 |
1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 50 | 170 | 3.4 | 30 | 0 |
1959 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
1960 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 240 | 7.1 | 28 | 0 |
1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 162 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
1963 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 174 | 701 | 4.0 | 28 | 2 |
1964 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 102 | 413 | 4.0 | 17 | 0 |
1965 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 530 | 2210 | 4.2 | 39 | 3 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 34 | 1 |
1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 28 | 0 |
1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 35 | 406 | 11.6 | 26 | 4 |
1959 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 52 | 1 |
1960 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 202 | 18.4 | 52 | 2 |
1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 207 | 13.8 | 42 | 1 |
1963 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 25 | 354 | 14.2 | 78 | 2 |
1964 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 203 | 16.9 | 46 | 2 |
1965 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 121 | 1700 | 14.0 | 78 | 13 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1959 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |||
1960 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1963 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1956 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1957 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1958 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1959 | NFL Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1960 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1962 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1963 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1964 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Totals | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 11 | 0 |
1957 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
1958 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 10 | 0 |
1959 | NFL | Chicago Cardinals | 9 | 0 |
1960 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 0 |
1962 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
1963 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
1964 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 0 |
1965 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 0 |