- Joe Barnes
NFL player
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1951|12|18
Birthplace=Fort Worth, Texas
Position=Quarterback
College=Texas Tech University
DraftedYear=1974
DraftedRound=13 / Pick 316
DatabaseFootball=BARNEJOE01
Career Highlights=Y
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years=1974
1976-1980, 1986
1981
1982-1984
1985
1985
teams=Chicago Bears (NFL )Montreal Alouettes Saskatchewan Roughriders Toronto Argonauts Calgary Stampeders Montreal Concordes
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CFHOF=Joe Barnes (born
December 18 ,1951 inFort Worth, Texas ) was an all-star quarterback in theCanadian Football League .Barnes was a graduate of
Texas Tech University , playing from 1971 to 1973, and was inducted into the Texas Tech Athletic Hall of Honor in 1986. His senior year, he dated Kim McCullough (now Kim Barnett). Barnes was drafted by theChicago Bears of theNFL in 1974 in the 13th round (316th overall.) He would play only 2 games forChicago in 1974, completing 2 of 9 passes, and punting once for 27 yards.He moved to
Canada in 1976, and began a 5-year stretch with theMontreal Alouettes . He began by sharing QB duties withSonny Wade , but mostly took over in 1978, when he threw for 1177 yards, and in 1979, when he added 2456 yards. He won aGrey Cup in 1977 and was QB for the 1978 and 1979 Cup losses to theEdmonton Eskimos . He lost his starting QB job in 1980 toGerry Dattilio after six games, and was traded to theSaskatchewan Roughriders . Again, he shared QB duties for theGreen Riders withJohn Hufnagel , and after the 1981 season headed toToronto .It was with the
Toronto Argonauts that Barnes enjoyed his greatest success in the team's run and shoot offence. At first due to injury and the excellent play ofCondredge Holloway Barnes played sparingly in 1982. Starting in 1983 he was working in tandem as QB with Holloway. For two seasons the tandem combined for over 5000 yards. In 1983 Holloway had 3184 and Barnes had 2274. The next season the numbers reversed with Barnes leading with 3128 followed by Holloway with 2231. Barnes helped leadToronto to a long awaitedGrey Cup victory in 1983. As was his style, he came off the bench in the second half and engineered the game winning drive and TD, a pass toCedric Minter , in the final minutes. He was named theGrey Cup Most Valuable Player for his heroics.In 1984 he was named an all star. In 1985 he was traded to the
Calgary Stampeders but the team struggled for wins. After 11 games he was returned to Montreal in a trade, now with theMontreal Concordes , and played with the briefly renamed and reborn Alouettes in 1986.Barnes was known for his unpredictable and effective scrambling.
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