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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1905–1963)}}
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{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Herb Joesting
| image = Herb Joesting 1927 (1).jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Joesting circa 1927
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|4|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Little Falls, Minnesota]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|10|1|1905|4|17}}
| death_place = [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], U.S.
| team = 
| number = 
| status = 
| position1 = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]], [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]]
| height_ft = 
| height_in = 
| weight_lb = 
| college = [[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]]
| coaching_years1 = 1929
| coaching_team1 = [[Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets|Minneapolis Red Jackets]]
| playing_years1 = 1929–1930
| playing_team1 = [[Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets|Minneapolis Red Jackets]]
| playing_years2 = 1930–1931
| playing_team2 = [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]]
| playing_years3 = 1931–1932
| playing_team3 = [[Chicago Bears]]
| career_highlights =
* 2× Consensus [[All-American]] ([[1926 College Football All-America Team|1926]], [[1927 College Football All-America Team|1927]])
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1926 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1926]], [[1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1927]])
* Second-team All-Big Ten ([[1925 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1925]])
| NFL = 2517550
| CoachPFR = JoesHe0
| CollegeHOF = 1420
}}
'''Herbert Walter Joesting''' (April 17, 1905 – October 1, 1963<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5970/herbert-walter-joesting Herb Joesting at findagrave.com]</ref>) was an [[American football]] player and coach. He was a consensus All-American [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] while playing for the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers]] in both 1926 and 1927.  He also played three seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1954.

==Early years==
Joesting was born in [[Little Falls, Minnesota]],<ref name=PFR/> and grew up in [[Owatonna, Minnesota]].<ref name=CFHOF/> He played high school football at [[Owatonna High School]] and set the school's scoring record in 1923 with 89 points.<ref>{{cite web|title=Timeline of Owatonna Football History |publisher=ihigh.com |accessdate=February 24, 2015 |url=http://www.ihigh.com/owatonnafootball/custompage_2709.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150227041444/http://www.ihigh.com/owatonnafootball/custompage_2709.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 27, 2015 }}</ref> He became known as the "Owatonna Thunderbolt".<ref name=CFHOF/><ref name=MN>{{cite web|title=Herb Joesting|publisher=University of Minnesota|accessdate=February 24, 2015|url=http://www.gophersports.com/genrel/090607abk.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203256/http://www.gophersports.com/genrel/090607abk.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==University of Minnesota==
Joesting enrolled at the [[University of Minnesota]] in 1924 and played [[college football]] for the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football]] team from 1925 to 1927. As a junior in 1926, he rushed for 962 yards in eight games and led the [[Big Ten Conference]] in scoring with 13 touchdowns and 78 points.<ref>{{cite news|title=Herb Joesting Greatest Grid Star In West|newspaper=Miami Daily News and Metropolis (AP story)|date=November 22, 1926|page=10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19261122&id=OD0uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=htcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4346,5807024}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> His 13 touchdowns also tied [[Red Grange]]'s single-season record.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joesting Ties Grange's Big Ten Scoring Record|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 22, 1926|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1926/11/22/page/28/article/joesting-ties-granges-big-10-scoring-record}}</ref> After the 1926 season, he was voted by his teammates to be the captain of the [[1927 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|1927 Minnesota team]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gophers Elect Joesting 1927 Football Pilot|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 2, 1926}}</ref>  [[George Clark (American football coach)|Potsy Clark]] called Joesting the best fullback he ever saw.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joesting Puts Owatonna on Map in Capitals|newspaper=The Ludington Daily News (AP story)|date=December 9, 1926|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19261210&id=W55OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gkIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5707,5887416}}</ref>

Joesting won numerous honors during his time at Minnesota.  He was selected as a consensus [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] on the [[1926 College Football All-America Team|1926]] and [[1927 College Football All-America Team]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|accessdate=February 24, 2015|page=5|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513011009/https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082159/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also won first-team All-Big Ten Conference honors for three consecutive years in [[1925 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1925]], [[1926 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1926]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Big Ten Coaches, Picking All Star Eleven, Praise Joesting, Oosterbaan|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal (AP story)|date=November 30, 1926|page=23|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19261130&id=ELNQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RCIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6609,2711419|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120131338/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19261130&id=ELNQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RCIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6609,2711419|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref> and [[1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1927]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Big Ten Grid Coaches Choose All-Conference Mythical Elevens|newspaper=Daily Illini|date=November 24, 1927|url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19271124.2.174#}}</ref> He was later inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1954,<ref name=CFHOF>{{College Football HoF|id=1420|name=Herb "Owatonna Thunderbolt" Joesting|accessdate=February 24, 2015}}</ref> the [[Helms Foundation]] Football Hall of Fame in 1961,<ref>{{cite news|title=Select 21 Men for Grid Hall of Fame|newspaper=The Gettysburg Times (AP story)|date=September 28, 1961|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19610928&id=dHQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zfIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6005,2166487}}</ref> and the University of Minnesota Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992.<ref name=MN/>

While at the University of Minnesota, Joesting was a member of [[Sigma Chi]] fraternity, at the same time as [[Bronko Nagurski]].<ref>[https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll339:25241/p16022coll339:25009?child_index=336 Noted in the 1929 ''Minnesota Gopher'' yearbook], p.323.</ref>

==Professional basketball and football==
After leaving the University of Minnesota, Joesting played professional basketball in 1928 with the field artillery basketball team of Minneapolis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Herb Joesting Plays With Pro Cagers|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=February 12, 1928|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19280212&id=7K1QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9SEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3764,2360735}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1929, he joined the [[Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets|Minneapolis Red Jackets]] as player-coach, leading the team to a 1&ndash;9 record. In 1930, he was traded to the [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]]. He played for Frankford and the [[Chicago Bears]] in 1931 and finished his career with the Bears in 1932.<ref name=PFR>{{cite web|title=Herb Joesting|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=February 24, 2015|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoesHe20.htm}}</ref>

==Later years==
In 1930, Joesting began a career, interrupted by leaves to play professional football, with the Minnesota Department of Motor Vehicles, becoming supervisor of deputy registrars in 1952.<ref name=obit/>  

Joesting died of heart disease in 1963 at age 58 while driving a car near his home in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Herb Joesting, 2-Time Minnesota All-America, Dies|newspaper=Park City Daily News|date=October 2, 1963|page=10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1697&dat=19631002&id=khsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ZYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5997,2505876}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{College Football HoF|1420}}
* {{Footballstats |nfl=herb-joesting |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=J/JoesHe20 |rotoworld= }}

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