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Remembering Joe Delaney: A hero on and off the gridiron

“Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for another.” – John 15:13

Joe Alton Delaney was born to Woodrow and Eunice Delaney, the third of eight children, in the sleepy town of Haughton, Louisiana in 1958. The son of a traditional blue-collar family, where his father hauled cattle and his mother worked as a housekeeper, hard work and sacrifice was natural to Joe. These characteristics molded Joe, who saw a brighter future both for himself and his family.

At an early age, he believed he would be a football star and that belief culminated in reality.