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{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}}
{{About|the American football player|the American canoeist|Joe Jacobi}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| image         = Joe Jacoby - HOF Ring Ceremony (cropped).jpg
| caption       = Jacoby in 2018
| position      = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Offensive tackle]]
| number        = 66
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1959|7|6}}
| birth_place   = [[Louisville, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date    =
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 7
| weight_lbs    = 295
| high_school   = [[Western MST Magnet High School (Louisville, Kentucky)|Western]] (Louisville)
| college       = [[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]
| undraftedyear = 1981
| teams         =
* [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1981}}–{{NFL Year|1993}})
| statlabel1    = Games played
| statvalue1    = 170
| statlabel2    = Games started
| statvalue2    = 148
| statlabel3    = [[Touchdown]]s
| statvalue3    = 1
| highlights    =
* 3× [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]], [[Super Bowl XXII|XXII]], [[Super Bowl XXVI|XXVI]])
* 3× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1983 All-Pro Team|1983]], [[1984 All-Pro Team|1984]], [[1987 All-Pro Team|1987]])
* 4× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1984 Pro Bowl|1983]]–[[1987 Pro Bowl|1986]])
* [[Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team|PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team#1981|1981]])
* [[NFL 1980s All-Decade Team]]
* [[Washington Redskins#Ring of Fame|Washington Redskins Ring of Fame]]
* [[Louisville Cardinals football#Honored jerseys (Ring of Honor)|Louisville Cardinals Ring of Honor]]
| pfr           = J/JacoJo00 
}}

'''Joseph Erwin Jacoby''' (born July 6, 1959) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was an [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]] for the [[Washington Redskins]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He won three [[Super Bowl]]s during his tenure with the team.

==College career==
Jacoby started off as an offensive tackle for the [[University of Louisville]] from 1978 to 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/jacoby_joe00.html |title=2019 Football Roster |access-date=2011-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910164207/http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/jacoby_joe00.html |archive-date=2011-09-10 }}</ref>  He was a three-year letterman, and the team co-captain in his senior season.  Jacoby was inducted into Louisville's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gocards.com/honors/athletics-hall-of-fame/joe-jacoby/56|title=Joe Jacoby (2004) - Athletics Hall of Fame}}</ref>  Still, the team achieved limited success with Jacoby, posting a 16–16 overall record in his three seasons, with only one season with a winning record and no Bowl game appearances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/louisville/index.html|title=Louisville Cardinals Football Record by Year}}</ref>

==Professional career==
After college, Jacoby went undrafted. He signed a free agent contract with the Washington Redskins in 1981, where he embarked on an enviable career—four [[Super Bowl]] appearances, of which his team won three ([[Super Bowl XVII|XVII]] in 1983, [[Super Bowl XXII|XXII]] in 1988, and [[Super Bowl XXVI|XXVI]] in 1992), plus four consecutive [[Pro Bowl]] selections from 1983 to 1986.

Along with [[Jeff Bostic]], [[Mark May]], [[George Starke]] and [[Russ Grimm]], Jacoby was a founding member of the Redskins' renowned "[[The Hogs (American football)|Hogs]]" offensive line of the 1980s and early 1990s (deemed one of the best front fives of NFL history), which was a mainstay of the Redskins' glory years during the first [[Joe Gibbs]] era.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-hogs.net/blogs/joe-jacoby/ |title=Joe Jacoby - The Legend That Almost Wasn't |publisher=The-hogs.net |date=1959-07-06 |access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-hogs.net/blogs/history-of-the-hogs/ |title=The History of The Hogs |publisher=The-hogs.net |access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref>

Jacoby was the lead blocker on [[John Riggins]]' famous touchdown run which ensured the Redskins' [[Super Bowl XVII]] win over the Dolphins in 1983. In that game, the Redskins set a Super Bowl record for most rushing yards with 276.  The Hogs helped the Redskins break that record five years later in [[Super Bowl XXII]], in which Washington trampled over the [[Denver Broncos]] with 280 rushing yards en route to the second of the Redskins' three championships.

In 1990, Jacoby was selected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame to the [[NFL 1980s All-Decade Team|1980s All Decade Team]].  Despite his three 1st team All-Pro selections and three Super Bowl championships as a member of the Redskins, he remains the only offensive tackle from the all decade team not enshrined in the Hall of Fame.  From 2016 to 2018, Jacoby was a finalist but was not selected.

==Personal==
One year after the Redskins' third Super Bowl victory in 1992, Jacoby retired, after which he became the owner of an auto dealership in [[Warrenton, Virginia]].

Jacoby became an assistant football coach at [[Shenandoah University]] in [[Winchester, Virginia]]. He began as a part-time volunteer in 2008 and was hired as a full-time employee in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|author=Joe Jacoby |url=http://www.suhornets.com/sports/fball/coaches/Assistant_Coach_-_Offensive_Line?tmpl=/information/directory/bio-template |title=Shenandoah |publisher=Suhornets.com |access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref> In 2014, Jacoby was hired as the offensive line coach for [[Concordia University Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/former_hog_joe_jacoby_lands_o_line_coaching_spot_at_concordia_university/15758722 |title=This article is unavailable |publisher=Yardbarker.com |access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref>

Jacoby and his wife, Irene, have two daughters.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Super Bowl XVII}}
{{Super Bowl XXII}}
{{Super Bowl XXVI}}
{{NFL1980s}}
{{Washington Commanders greatest players}}
{{Washington Commanders Ring of Fame}}

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[[Category:American football offensive tackles]]
[[Category:Concordia Cougars football coaches]]
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[[Category:National Conference Pro Bowl players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Louisville, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Western High School (Louisville, Kentucky) alumni]]