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Joe Alton Delaney (; October 30, 1958 – June 29, 1983)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DelaJo00.htm )〕 was an American football running back who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL).〔 In his two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Delaney set four franchise records that would stand for more than twenty years. He was a two-time All-American athlete for the Northwestern State Demons football team, as well as a track and field star. Delaney played two seasons with the Chiefs and was chosen as the AFC Rookie of the Year in 1981 by United Press International.〔 Delaney died on June 29, 1983 while attempting to rescue three children from drowning in a pond in Monroe in northeastern Louisiana. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizen's Medal from U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan. While not officially retired, his jersey number while playing for the Chiefs, #37, has not been worn since his death.〔 == Early life == The third of Woodrow and Eunice Delaney's eight children, Delaney was born in Henderson, on October 30, 1958, and attended Haughton High School in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana.〔〔〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iE8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7082%2C923995 ''Joe Delaney: All authentic football hero.'' Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 6, 1983. Page 18. Retrieved August 7, 2009.〕 Discouraged by his father from pursuing his dreams of playing football, Delaney became the starting wide receiver by his junior year at Haughton.〔 Major Division I schools that scouted him included Grambling State,〔 Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana State. Delaney played for Division I-AA's Northwestern State Demons from 1977 to 1980. After telling his coach of his willingness to play football at the collegiate level, Delaney switched to the running back position.〔 He went on to be an All-American selection in 1979 and 1980. While at Northwestern State, Delaney met his future wife, Carolyn, and they had two children by his senior year.〔 On October 28, 1978, Delaney carried the ball 28 times and gained 299 yards for Northwestern State against Nicholls State University with 263 of the yards coming in the game's second half.〔 Delaney's rushing stats in the second half of the game are an NCAA record. In the same game, he scored four touchdowns, one of which was on a 90-yard run, as he led his team to a 28–18 victory.〔〔〔 Delaney finished his career at Northwestern State with 3,047 yards rushing, 31 touchdowns, and 188 points.〔 In 1980, his senior season, he was ranked eighth in the nation in all-purpose rushing yards.〔 On November 22, 1980 he played his last game at Northwestern State and the school retired his jersey, number 44, at halftime.〔〔 Delaney was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.〔 At Northwestern State, Delaney also starred in track. In high school, he ran the 100 yard dash in 9.4 seconds and was on the Northwestern State track and field team, which won the NCAA 400-meter relay in 1981.〔 He holds the school 200 meter dash record with a time of 20.64 seconds.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Delaney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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