Joe Beauchamp

{{Short description|American football player (1944–2020)}}

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

{{similar names|Joseph Beauchamp (disambiguation)}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Joe Beauchamp

| image =

| number = 40

| position = Defensive back

| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|04|11}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|05|20|1944|04|11}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 188

| high_school =

| college = Iowa State

| afldraftyear = 1966

| afldraftround = Red Shirt 6

| afldraftpick = 53
(by the San Diego Chargers){{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/1966AFLDraft.html|title=1966 AFL Draft|access-date=March 23, 2017|archive-date=October 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003014055/https://www.profootballarchives.com/1966AFLDraft.html|url-status=dead}}

| undraftedyear =

| pastteams =

• San Diego Chargers (1966–{{NFL Year|1975}})

| pfr = B/BeauJo20

}}

Joseph Scott Beauchamp (April 11, 1944{{snd}}May 20, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back for the San Diego Chargers. He played college football at Iowa State University before playing professionally for the Chargers in the American Football League (AFL) from 1966 through 1969 and in the National Football League (NFL) from 1970 through 1975.

His three interceptions against the Denver Broncos on September 24, 1972, is tied for the Chargers' single-game record.{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Charean|title=Former Chargers defensive back Joe Beauchamp dies at 76|date=May 21, 2020|work=Pro Football Talk|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/05/21/former-chargers-defensive-back-joe-beauchamp-dies-at-76/|accessdate=May 22, 2020}}

Beauchamp died at age 76 on May 20, 2020.