Joe Aguirre

{{Short description|American football player (1918–1985)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Joe Aguirre

| image = Aguirre-Joe-1946.jpg

| caption = Aguirre in 1946

| number = 19, 57, 59, 60, 77, 78

| position = End

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|10|17}}

| birth_place = Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|07|13|1918|10|17}}

| death_place = Grass Valley, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 225

| high_school = Ogden (UT)

| college = Saint Mary's (CA)

| draftyear = 1941

| draftround = 11

| draftpick = 100

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1941}}, {{NFL Year|1943|1945}})
• Los Angeles Dons (1946-1949)
• Winnipeg Blue Bombers ({{CFL Year|1950|1951}})
• Edmonton Eskimos ({{CFL Year|1952}})
• Saskatchewan Roughriders ({{CFL Year|1953|1955}})

| pastcoaching =

• Edmonton Eskimos (1952)
  Line coach

| highlights =

• 2× Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy winner (1950, 1954)
• 2× CFL All Star (1950, 1952)

| statleague = NFL + AAFC

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 163

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 2,223

| statlabel3 = Field goals made

| statvalue3 = 17

| statlabel4 = Field goal attempts

| statvalue4 = 39

| statlabel5 = Field goal %

| statvalue5 = 43.6

| pfr = AguiJo20

}}

Joseph Andrew Aguirre (October 17, 1918 – July 13, 1985) was an American football end. He played collegiately at Saint Mary's College of California and was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1941 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins.{{cite book|last1=Maher|first1=Tod|last2=Gill|first2=Bob|title=The Canadian Pro Football Encyclopedia: Every Player, Coach and Game, 1946–2012|date=2013|publisher=Maher Sports Media|isbn=978-0983513667|pages=140–141}}

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In addition to playing in the National Football League (NFL) in 1941 and again from 1943 to 1945 for the Redskins, Aguirre played for four years with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

He also spent time in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos, and Saskatchewan Roughriders. In his time in the CFL, he won the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy as the Western Interprovincial Football Union's Top Scorer in 1950 and again in 1954.