Joe Golding

{{Short description|American football player (1921–1971)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Joe Golding

| image = JoeGolding1951Bowman.jpg

| number = 10

| position = Halfback
Defensive back

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|2|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Eufaula, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|12|26|1921|2|26}}

| death_place = Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 184

| high_school = Eufaula (Eufaula, Oklahoma)

| college = Oklahoma

| draftyear = 1946

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 31

| pastteams =

• Boston Yanks ({{NFL Year|1947|1948}})
• New York Bulldogs / Yanks ({{NFL Year|1949|1951}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-Big Six (1946)

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 349

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 3.1

| statlabel3 = Receptions

| statvalue3 = 27

| statlabel4 = Receiving yards

| statvalue4 = 289

| statlabel5 = Total touchdowns

| statvalue5 = 14

| statlabel6 = Interceptions

| statvalue6 = 19

| statlabel7 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue7 = 12

| pfr = GoldJo20

}}

Joseph Griffith Golding (March 26, 1921{{spaced ndash}}December 26, 1971) was a professional American football halfback/defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Boston Yanks (1947–1948) and the New York Bulldogs/Yanks (1949–1951).

His 1951 Bowman football card #115 relates the following: "In the service for 44 months. Won Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart. Commissioned on the battlefield while an infantry-man in Europe".

Golding's brother, also named Joe Golding,{{cite news |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/article/5626497/the-golding-family-has-a-lot-of-joes |title=Another Joe Golding making news, this time with ripped pants |date=March 21, 2019|work=The Oklahoman}} was a longtime high school football coach who led Wichita Falls High to four state championships. The field at Wichita Falls' Memorial Stadium was named in his honor and he was posthumously elected to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 1988.{{cite news |url=https://www.texasfootball.com/hof-joe-golding?ref=search |title=Texas High School Football Hall of Fame Inductees: Joe Golding |work=Dave Campbell's Texas Football}} His grand-nephew is current UTEP basketball coach Joe Golding.{{cite news |url=https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2019/03/20/abilene-christian-university-basketball-coach-joe-golding/3225610002/ |title=ACU coach Joe Golding is living his dream and continuing family's winning tradition |date=February 8, 2019|work=Wichita Falls Times-Record}}