Joel Parrish

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Joel Parrish
Date of birth (1955-09-01) September 1, 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Lowndes County, Georgia, U.S.
Career information
CFL status International
Position(s) Offensive guard
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight265 lb (120 kg)
US college Georgia
High schoolDouglas (GA) Coffee County
NFL draft 1977 / Round: 11 / Pick: 292
Drafted by Cincinnati Bengals
Career history
As player
19771978 Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards

Joel Parrish (born September 1, 1955) is a former American football offensive guard who played two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the eleventh round of the 1977 NFL draft. [1] Parrish played college football at the University of Georgia and attended Coffee County High School in Douglas, Georgia. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball but chose to attend the University of Georgia. [2] He was a consensus All-American in 1976. [3] Parrish and four other men were arrested in 2001 in Australia on charges of drug trafficking after smuggling 2,457 pounds of cocaine into the country. [4]

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References

  1. "1977 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  2. "Joel Parrish". natesdawgs.com. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. Stepzinski, Teresa (August 25, 2001). "Australia drug bust snares 2 Georgians". jacksonville.com. Retrieved August 27, 2014.