Joe Schaffer

{{Short description|American football player (1937–2017)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Joe Schaffer

| number = 67

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|10|14}}

| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|9|25|1937|10|14}}

| death_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 210

| high_school = Elder (Cincinnati, Ohio)

| college = Tennessee

| afldraftyear = 1960

| afldraftround = 2
Pick: First Selections
(by the Buffalo Bills)

| pastteams =

• Buffalo Bills (1960)

| highlights =

• First-team All-SEC (1959)

| pfr = S/SchaJo20

}}

Joseph Leonard Schaffer (October 14, 1937 – September 25, 2017) was an American football player who played with the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at the University of Tennessee.{{Cite web |title=Joe Schaffer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SchaJo20.htm |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mattingly |first=Tom |date=September 29, 2017 |title=Joe Schaffer, captain of Tennessee Vols in 1959, dies at 79 |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2017/09/29/joe-schaffer-captain-tennessee-vols-1959-dies-79/716491001/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Knoxville News Sentinel |language=en-US}}