Joe Conwell

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Joe Conwell
No. 79
Position: Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1961-02-24) February 24, 1961 (age 63)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
High school: Ardmore (PA) Lower Merion
College: North Carolina
Supplemental draft:1984 / Round: 2
Career history
Player stats at PFR

Joseph Stanislaus Conwell (born February 24, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the second round of the 1984 NFL supplemental draft. [1] He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels and attended Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. [2] Conwell was also a member of the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars of the United States Football League. [3] [4]

He is the brother of singer Tommy Conwell. [5]

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References

  1. "1984 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  2. "JOE CONWELL". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  3. First Impressions Pay Off For Eagles' Conwell Archived June 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. `No. 79` Gets Call Against The Bears
  5. Cataldi, Angelo (September 3, 1986). "First Impressions Pay Off For Eagles' Conwell". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Archived from the original on June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)