Joe Watt

{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (1919–1983)}}

{{Infobox NFL player

| name = Joe Watt

| number = 56, 15, 14, 4

| position = Halfback
Defensive back

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|6|18}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|6|27|1919|6|18}}

| death_place = Ithaca, New York, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 184

| high_school = Erasmus Hall
(Brooklyn, New York)

| college = Syracuse

| draftyear = 1947

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 47

| pastteams =

Boston Yanks ({{NFL Year|1947}})
Detroit Lions (1947–{{NFL Year|1948}})
New York Bulldogs ({{NFL Year|1949}})

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 61

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 2.0

| statlabel3 = Receptions

| statvalue3 = 6

| statlabel4 = Receiving yards

| statvalue4 = 133

| statlabel5 = Total touchdowns

| statvalue5 = 2

| statlabel6 = Interceptions

| statvalue6 = 7

| pfr = WattJo20

}}

Joseph Chessar Watt (June 18, 1919 – June 27, 1983) was an American football halfback who played professionally for three seasons in the National Football League (NFL

Watt was born in Montreal and attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn. He played college football and college baseball at Syracuse University. Watt served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II and was a member of the 1944 Camp Lee Travellers football team.{{cite news |author= |title=Travelers Plan Backfield Shift |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch/122740816/ |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=October 20, 1944 |page=18 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Watt was selected by the Boston Yanks the 47th pick in the seventh round of the 1947 NFL draft and later played for the Detroit Lions and the New York Bulldogs.

Watt later worked for the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company for over 20 years. He was the founder and president of the Joseph C. Watt Distributing Co. in Ithaca, New York until his retirement in 1982. Watt died on June 27, 1983, at Tomkins Community Hospital, in Ithaca.{{cite news |author= |title=Watt Distributing Co. founder dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-obituary-for-watt-dis/122741945/ |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, New York |date=Jun 28, 1983 |page=3 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}