Joe Stanowicz
{{Short description|American football player (1921–1999)}}
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|position1 = Guard
|birth_date = November 4, 1921
|birth_place = Hackettstown, New Jersey, U.S.
|death_date = September 21, 1999
|death_place = Orange, California, U.S.
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|College = United States Military Academy
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|playing_years1 = 1944
|playing_team1 = Army
|career_highlights =
- First-team All-American (1944)
- Second-team All-Eastern (1944)
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Joseph John Stanowicz (November 4, 1921 – September 21, 1999) was an American football player. He attended the United States Military Academy where he played at the guard position for the Army Black Knights football team. He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), the International News Service (INS), and the United Press (UP) as a first-team player on the 1944 College Football All-America Team.{{cite web|title=FWAA All America|publisher=Football Writers Association of America|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|access-date=2015-01-30|archive-date=2019-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=INS Selects All-American|work=Chester Times|date=1944-12-02}}{{cite news|author=Leo H. Petersen|title=1944 All-American Squad Announced: Bob McCIure Of Nevada U. Rated On UP Fourth Team|work=Nevada State Journal|date=1944-11-30}} After graduating from the academy, Stanowicz served in the Army until 1966. He died in 1999 in Orange, California.{{cite news|title=Joseph J. Stanowicz 1945|publisher=West Point Association of Graduates|accessdate=January 28, 2015|url=http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/15272/}}
A native of Hackettstown, New Jersey, Stanowicz played high school football at Blair Academy.Staff. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9906E1DD113CEE3BBC4B52DFB6678388659EDE&legacy=true "Speedy Backs and Sturdy Line Factors in Army's Success; CADETS UNBEATEN IN THREE STARTS"], The New York Times, October 13, 1943. Accessed September 10, 2017. "Joe Stanowicz, a Hackettstown, N. J., boy who later went to Blair Academy, where he starred as fullback, has been remolded into a tackle, giving the Cadets two 215-pounders at theses important slots, while McCorkle is a converted end."