finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date pfr death_place undraftedyear number image college statlabel debutteam name caption birth_place nfl hof position highschool article_title
1963 25 april 2011 1948 8,378 4.8 53 san francisco 49ers 22 january 1927 p/perrjo00 chandler , arizona 1948 74 , 34 joeperry 49ers 1963.jpg compton -lrb- ca -rrb- rushing yards rushing average rushing tds san francisco 49ers joe perry perry in 1963 stephens , arkansas 2523048 175 fullback los angeles -lrb- ca -rrb- jordan joe perry -lrb- american football -rrb-

joe perry -lrb- american football -rrb-

fletcher joseph `` joe '' perry -lrb- january 22 , 1927 -- april 25 , 2011 -rrb- was a professional american football fullback for the san francisco 49ers from 1948 to 1950 -lrb- while the 49ers were a member of the nfl 's rival league , the aafc -rrb- , then 1950 to 1960 when the 49ers were absorbed into the nfl , the baltimore colts from 1961 to 1962 , and finally back to the 49ers for his final year in football , 1963 .
after military service in world war ii , perry attended compton junior college where he teamed with future pro football hall of fame member hugh mcelhenny .
together they won back-to-back national championships in 1946 and 1947 .
perry then went directly into pro football joining the 49ers ' in 1948 .
nicknamed `` the jet , '' perry was not known for being a powerful fullback , or particularly elusive ; he simply had fantastic speed -lrb- 9.7 100 yards -rrb- .
perry retired as the nfl career rushing leader , surpassing the old record of 5,860 yards held by steve van buren , and which was later broken by jim brown on october 20 , 1963 .
he was also the first nfl runner ever to have consecutive 1,000 yard rushing seasons -lrb- 1953 and 1954 -rrb- , perry 's durability allowed him to play in three separate decades , from the 1940s to the 1960s , for 16 seasons .
during the mid-1950s , perry was a member of the san francisco 49ers `` million dollar backfield '' , playing alongside hugh mcelhenny , john henry johnson and y.a. tittle .
he was inducted into the pro football hall of fame in 1969 .
currently the 49ers `` million dollar backfield '' is the only full-house backfield to have all four of its members enshrined in the hall .
in addition to his football career , perry also hosted a popular sports and music radio program , `` both sides of the record , '' sponsored by burgermeister beer , on r&b - formatted kwbr -lrb- 1310 am ; later known as kdia -rrb- beginning in 1954 .
the program was arranged by franklin mieuli , a sports entrepreneur who worked in marketing for burgie , in addition to being a part-owner of the 49ers and producer of the team 's radio and television broadcasts .
after retiring from football , perry competed in the professional bowlers association tour .
