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Joe Greene

Charles Edward Greene

Position: DT
Height: 6-4    Weight: 275 lbs.
Born: September 24, 1946 in Temple, TX
College: North Texas

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1987

10-time Pro Bowler & 5-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1969 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1969*+ 23 PIT LDT 14 14
1970* 24 PIT LDT 14 14
1971* 25 PIT LDT 14 14 0 3 3 0
1972*+ 26 PIT LDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
1973*+ 27 PIT LDT 14 13 0 2 0 0
1974*+ 28 PIT LDT 14 14 1 26 0 26 1 4 7 0
1975* 29 PIT LDT 10 9
1976* 30 PIT LDT 14 14
1977+ 31 PIT LDT 13 13 0 1 0 0
1978* 32 PIT LDT 16 16 0 5 0 0
1979* 33 PIT LDT 15 15
1980 34 PIT LDT 15 15
1981 35 PIT ldt 14 7
Career 181 172 1 26 0 26 1 16 10 0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1978
1979

1st-team All-Pro

1969
1972
1973
1974
1977

Games Started

Career 172 (157)

Playoff Games

Career 17 (124)

Playoff Games Started

Career 17 (59)

Fumbles Recovered

1974 NFL 4 (4)
1978 NFL 5 (4)
Career 16 (191)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1969 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-NFL
1970 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1971 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1974 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1974 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1974 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1974 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1975 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1975 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1975 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1976 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1976 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1976 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1977 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL