Famous NFL football player.
He played in the NFL Championship Games in both 1947 (beat the Eagles 28-21) and 1948 (lost to Eagles 7-0 in a blinding snowstorm where even the yard markers and boundaries could not be seen).
Joe played for the Chicago Cardinals in the 1947-1948 seasons. He helped Chicago win their Championship in 1948.
In the 1940s, he was the biggest man in professional football with a playing weight around 289. Many of the other linemen were in the 245 range. Joe played OFFENSIVE GUARD and DEFENSIVE TACKLE. He wore uniform number 32 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and uniform number 50 with the Chicago Cardinals. He played in the 1941 Pro Bowl. The game was played on January 4, 1942 at Polo Grounds, New York City between the Chicago Bears 35, NFL All-Stars 24.
Joe Coomer is a member of the Austin College Hall of Honor. He had lettered in basketball and track as well as football. The owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers came to Sherman to "get" Joe before the 1941 season even though Joe had not graduated. Joe did not graduate from Austin College until 1946, after he was discharged by the Army. So, officially he is in the Class of 1946 on the Alumni lists there. For the 1945 season, after the war in Europe was over, the Army assigned him to the Pentagon in D.C. and allowed him to play football for the "Card-Pitts" on Sundays. For the 1945 season, neither Pittsburgh nor Chicago Cardinals could field a team because too many players were in the military, so for that season the combined team was the "Card-Pitts". That is how Joe got from the Steelers to the Cardinals for 1946-49.
After his football career, he moved to Louisiana and worked for Gulf Oil (acquired by Chevron) and later in a directional drilling 6-man partnership known as Slant Holes, Inc. (sold to Smith International).
Joe was very active in the Shriners (33rd degree Masons) and participated in many fund raisers for Shriner Hospitals during his active years.
He weighed approximately 520 at the date of his death. He died from a heart attack, it took 10 people to carry his casket to the hearse and it was still heavy!
After his wife Myrtle passed away in 2004, her house in Whitehouse, TX was donated to Shriner Hospitals (for burn victims) in Galveston and Shreveport, in accordance with the wishes of Joe.
He married Myrtle Edgar Haney in 1943
He was the son of: William Coomer and Carrie Lamm
Joe was mostly raised by his grandfather William Lamm after the death of his mother.
He played in the NFL Championship Games in both 1947 (beat the Eagles 28-21) and 1948 (lost to Eagles 7-0 in a blinding snowstorm where even the yard markers and boundaries could not be seen).
Joe played for the Chicago Cardinals in the 1947-1948 seasons. He helped Chicago win their Championship in 1948.
In the 1940s, he was the biggest man in professional football with a playing weight around 289. Many of the other linemen were in the 245 range. Joe played OFFENSIVE GUARD and DEFENSIVE TACKLE. He wore uniform number 32 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and uniform number 50 with the Chicago Cardinals. He played in the 1941 Pro Bowl. The game was played on January 4, 1942 at Polo Grounds, New York City between the Chicago Bears 35, NFL All-Stars 24.
Joe Coomer is a member of the Austin College Hall of Honor. He had lettered in basketball and track as well as football. The owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers came to Sherman to "get" Joe before the 1941 season even though Joe had not graduated. Joe did not graduate from Austin College until 1946, after he was discharged by the Army. So, officially he is in the Class of 1946 on the Alumni lists there. For the 1945 season, after the war in Europe was over, the Army assigned him to the Pentagon in D.C. and allowed him to play football for the "Card-Pitts" on Sundays. For the 1945 season, neither Pittsburgh nor Chicago Cardinals could field a team because too many players were in the military, so for that season the combined team was the "Card-Pitts". That is how Joe got from the Steelers to the Cardinals for 1946-49.
After his football career, he moved to Louisiana and worked for Gulf Oil (acquired by Chevron) and later in a directional drilling 6-man partnership known as Slant Holes, Inc. (sold to Smith International).
Joe was very active in the Shriners (33rd degree Masons) and participated in many fund raisers for Shriner Hospitals during his active years.
He weighed approximately 520 at the date of his death. He died from a heart attack, it took 10 people to carry his casket to the hearse and it was still heavy!
After his wife Myrtle passed away in 2004, her house in Whitehouse, TX was donated to Shriner Hospitals (for burn victims) in Galveston and Shreveport, in accordance with the wishes of Joe.
He married Myrtle Edgar Haney in 1943
He was the son of: William Coomer and Carrie Lamm
Joe was mostly raised by his grandfather William Lamm after the death of his mother.
Famous NFL football player.
He played in the NFL Championship Games in both 1947 (beat the Eagles 28-21) and 1948 (lost to Eagles 7-0 in a blinding snowstorm where even the yard markers and boundaries could not be seen).
Joe played for the Chicago Cardinals in the 1947-1948 seasons. He helped Chicago win their Championship in 1948.
In the 1940s, he was the biggest man in professional football with a playing weight around 289. Many of the other linemen were in the 245 range. Joe played OFFENSIVE GUARD and DEFENSIVE TACKLE. He wore uniform number 32 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and uniform number 50 with the Chicago Cardinals. He played in the 1941 Pro Bowl. The game was played on January 4, 1942 at Polo Grounds, New York City between the Chicago Bears 35, NFL All-Stars 24.
Joe Coomer is a member of the Austin College Hall of Honor. He had lettered in basketball and track as well as football. The owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers came to Sherman to "get" Joe before the 1941 season even though Joe had not graduated. Joe did not graduate from Austin College until 1946, after he was discharged by the Army. So, officially he is in the Class of 1946 on the Alumni lists there. For the 1945 season, after the war in Europe was over, the Army assigned him to the Pentagon in D.C. and allowed him to play football for the "Card-Pitts" on Sundays. For the 1945 season, neither Pittsburgh nor Chicago Cardinals could field a team because too many players were in the military, so for that season the combined team was the "Card-Pitts". That is how Joe got from the Steelers to the Cardinals for 1946-49.
After his football career, he moved to Louisiana and worked for Gulf Oil (acquired by Chevron) and later in a directional drilling 6-man partnership known as Slant Holes, Inc. (sold to Smith International).
Joe was very active in the Shriners (33rd degree Masons) and participated in many fund raisers for Shriner Hospitals during his active years.
He weighed approximately 520 at the date of his death. He died from a heart attack, it took 10 people to carry his casket to the hearse and it was still heavy!
After his wife Myrtle passed away in 2004, her house in Whitehouse, TX was donated to Shriner Hospitals (for burn victims) in Galveston and Shreveport, in accordance with the wishes of Joe.
He married Myrtle Edgar Haney in 1943
He was the son of: William Coomer and Carrie Lamm
Joe was mostly raised by his grandfather William Lamm after the death of his mother.
He played in the NFL Championship Games in both 1947 (beat the Eagles 28-21) and 1948 (lost to Eagles 7-0 in a blinding snowstorm where even the yard markers and boundaries could not be seen).
Joe played for the Chicago Cardinals in the 1947-1948 seasons. He helped Chicago win their Championship in 1948.
In the 1940s, he was the biggest man in professional football with a playing weight around 289. Many of the other linemen were in the 245 range. Joe played OFFENSIVE GUARD and DEFENSIVE TACKLE. He wore uniform number 32 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and uniform number 50 with the Chicago Cardinals. He played in the 1941 Pro Bowl. The game was played on January 4, 1942 at Polo Grounds, New York City between the Chicago Bears 35, NFL All-Stars 24.
Joe Coomer is a member of the Austin College Hall of Honor. He had lettered in basketball and track as well as football. The owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers came to Sherman to "get" Joe before the 1941 season even though Joe had not graduated. Joe did not graduate from Austin College until 1946, after he was discharged by the Army. So, officially he is in the Class of 1946 on the Alumni lists there. For the 1945 season, after the war in Europe was over, the Army assigned him to the Pentagon in D.C. and allowed him to play football for the "Card-Pitts" on Sundays. For the 1945 season, neither Pittsburgh nor Chicago Cardinals could field a team because too many players were in the military, so for that season the combined team was the "Card-Pitts". That is how Joe got from the Steelers to the Cardinals for 1946-49.
After his football career, he moved to Louisiana and worked for Gulf Oil (acquired by Chevron) and later in a directional drilling 6-man partnership known as Slant Holes, Inc. (sold to Smith International).
Joe was very active in the Shriners (33rd degree Masons) and participated in many fund raisers for Shriner Hospitals during his active years.
He weighed approximately 520 at the date of his death. He died from a heart attack, it took 10 people to carry his casket to the hearse and it was still heavy!
After his wife Myrtle passed away in 2004, her house in Whitehouse, TX was donated to Shriner Hospitals (for burn victims) in Galveston and Shreveport, in accordance with the wishes of Joe.
He married Myrtle Edgar Haney in 1943
He was the son of: William Coomer and Carrie Lamm
Joe was mostly raised by his grandfather William Lamm after the death of his mother.
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