Joe Garten

{{Short description|American football player (born 1968)}}

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

{{Use American English|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Joesph Walter Garten

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| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|8|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 286

| high_school = Valencia
(Placentia, California)

| college = Colorado

| draftyear = 1991

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 164

| pastteams =

• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1991}}–{{NFL Year|1992}})
• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1993}}) *
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1994}}) *
• Las Vegas Posse ({{CFL Year|1994}})
• San Antonio Texans ({{CFL Year|1995}})
• Barcelona Dragons (1996)
• Frankfurt Galaxy (1997)

| highlights =

• National champion (1990)
• Unanimous All-American (1990)
• Consensus All-American (1989)
• 2× First-team All-Big Eight (1989, 1990)

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Joseph W. Garten (born August 13, 1968) is an American former professional football guard in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and World League of American Football (WLAF). He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, where he was a two-time consensus All-American. He then played for the Las Vegas Posse and San Antonio Texans of the CFL, and the Barcelona Dragons and Frankfurt Galaxy of the WLAF.