Given the question: Facts: - class: graduate - highlights: all-american -lrb- 1902 -rrb- - death date: august 13 , 1963 -lrb- age 83 -rrb- - currentposition: end - birth date: october 2 , 1879 - school: army black knights - name: joseph mcandrew - pastschools: army -lrb- 1902 -rrb- - death place: concord , north carolina - birth place: osage mills , arkansas Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph mcandrew .
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joseph alexander mcandrew -lrb- october 2 , 1879 -- august 13 , 1963 -rrb- was an american football player and an officer in the united states army .a native of arkansas , mcandrew attended the united states military academy where he played at the end position for the army black knights football team from 1901 to 1903 .he was selected by '' the post-standard '' -lrb- syracuse , new york -rrb- as a first-team end on the 1902 college football all-america team .after graduating from the military academy , mcandrew served in the infantry , united states army , attaining the rank of colonel .he received a distinguished service medal for his service as the director of the infantry specialists school at langres , france , during world war i.