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JOED FORBUS - INDUCTEE #93

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Joed Forbus: "When we played at New Mexico on that four-game road trip my sophomore year, we had them down 13-7 and a halfback broke through the line and it looked like he was going to score but one of our defensive backs caught him at the 2-yard line. They ran four plays and wound up back at the 16 and I had three tackled on that series from nose guard."

Joed Forbus

Joed Forbus of Happy weighed only 167 pounds as a freshman blocking back at WT. He gained 33 pounds by his sophomore year and was moved to right guard on offense and nose guard and linebacker on defense.

During Forbus’ three varsity years, the Buffaloes went 23-7. He was voted captain his senior year and was named All-Border Conference and the team’s Most Valuable Player.

Named an alternate All-American in 1942, Forbus had contract offers from the Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, and Detroit Lions, but got married instead.

Forbus moved to Phillips and assisted Harold Chesty Walker from 1944-46, coaching the offensive and defensive lines and the B team.

Forbus retired from the Phillips Petroleum plant in 1985.