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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

Awards

1969 NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year
1972 NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year
1974 NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year
1979 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year

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