:Joe Bostic

{{Short description|American football player (born 1957)}}

{{Use American English|date=November 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Joe Bostic

|number=71

|position=Guard
Tackle

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|4|20|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|height_in=3

|weight_lb=265

|high_school=Greensboro (NC) Smith{{Cite web|title=All-Staters sought widely|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/941358312/?match=1&terms=%22joe%20bostic%22|access-date=2024-12-14|website=News and Record|language=en-US}}

|college=Clemson

|draftyear=1979

|draftround=3

|draftpick=64

|pastteams=

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1979|1987}})
• Phoenix Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1988|1989}})

|highlights=* First-team All-American (1977)

• Second-team All-American (1978)
• First-team All-ACC (1977)

|statlabel1=Games played

|statvalue1=132

|statlabel2=Games started

|statvalue2=115

|statlabel3=Fumble recoveries

|statvalue3=2

|pfr=BostJo20

}}

Joe Earl Bostic Jr. (born April 20, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman, primarily at guard, for 11 seasons with the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He was the Cardinals' third-round selection in the 1979 NFL draft. He played high school football at Ben L. Smith High School and college football for the Clemson Tigers. He is the older brother of fellow NFL player Jeff Bostic.{{Cite web |title=Joe Bostic |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BostJo20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928214100/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BostJo20.htm |archive-date=2022-09-28 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

Joe has been inducted into the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame in 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-14 |title=Former Clemson standout named to SC Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.tigernet.com/clemson-football/news/former-clemson-standout-named-to-sc-football-hall-of-fame-41937 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=TigerNet.com |language=en-us}} He has also previously been inducted into the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame (2008),{{Cite web |title=GCSHOF |url=https://www.gcshof.org/class-of-2008}} South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame (2000),{{Cite web |title=SCAHoF |url=https://www.scahof.com/football}} North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (2015),{{Cite web |title=North Carolina Sports Hall of Famers |url=https://ncshof.org/hall-of-famers/}} and the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame (1996).{{Cite web |title=Clemson Athletic HoF |url=https://clemsontigers.com/clemsonhof/}}