Joel Wells
Appearance
Date of birth | November 26, 1935 |
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Place of birth | Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
Date of death | September 4, 2022 | (aged 86)
Place of death | Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
Career information | |
Status | Retired |
CFL status | International |
Position(s) | HB |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
US college | Clemson |
NFL draft | 1957 / round: 2 / pick: 18 |
Drafted by | Green Bay Packers |
Career history | |
As player | |
1957–1959 | Montreal Alouettes |
1961 | New York Giants |
Career highlights and awards | |
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CFL East All-Star | 1958 |
Joel Whitlock Wells (November 26, 1935 – September 4, 2022) was an American professional football player. He played as a halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants during the 1961 NFL season.[1][2] Wells began his career in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1957 with the Montreal Alouettes, where he was an All-Star in 1958.
Wells died on September 4, 2022, aged 87.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joel Wells". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ "Joel Wells". National Football League. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ "Joel Wells Obituary - Greenville, SC". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2022 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Clemson Tigers football players
- Montreal Alouettes players
- New York Giants players
- Players of American football from Columbia, South Carolina
- Players of Canadian football from Columbia, South Carolina
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1930s birth stubs