Joe Donchess

{{Short description|American football player (1905–1977)}}

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{{Infobox college football player

| name = Joe Donchess

| image =

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| pastschools =

• Pittsburgh (1927–1929)

| currentnumber = 11

| currentposition = End

| bowlgames =

• 1928 Rose Bowl
• 1930 Rose Bowl

| highschool =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|3|17}}

| birth_place = Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1977|1|30|1905|3|17}}

| death_place = Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 175

| highlights =

• Unanimous All-American (1929)
• First-team All-Eastern (1929)

| CFBHOF_id = 1430

| CFBHOF_year = 1979

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Joe Donchess (March 17, 1905 – January 30, 1977) was an American football player at the University of Pittsburgh. He was a unanimous All-American at end while playing on the 1929 university's football team under head coach Jock Sutherland. In 1937 Joe became Assistant Chief Surgeon at U.S. Steel and then Chief Surgeon there in 1943, a position he held until his retirement in 1965. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.{{Cite web |title=Joe Donchess (1979) - Hall of Fame |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1430 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=National Football Foundation |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Joe Donchess Cards {{!}} Trading Card Database |url=https://www.tcdb.com/Person.cfm/pid/9684/Joe-Donchess?MODE=CONTRIBUTORS |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.tcdb.com}}

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{{1929 College Football Consensus All-Americans}}