Joseph Alexander Harris (born December 6, 1952) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

linebacker Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, ...

in the

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(NFL) for five different teams. He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and played college football at

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. He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 2000.

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1952 births Living people Players of American football from Fayetteville, North Carolina American football linebackers Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Washington Redskins players San Francisco 49ers players Minnesota Vikings players Los Angeles Rams players Baltimore Colts players Washington Federals/Orlando Renegades players {{linebacker-1950s-stub