databasefootball death_date death_place draftedround birth_place years teams color image_size article_title fontcolor position birth_date image college name draftedyear
francjoe01 15 april 2013 kaneohe , hawaii 5 / pick 51 honolulu , hawaii 1958 -- 1959 1961 -- 1962 green bay packers montreal alouettes blue 200px joe francis -lrb- american football -rrb-
 yellow halfback , quarterback 21 april 1936 joe francis -lrb- american football -rrb- . jpg oregon state joe francis 1958
joe francis -lrb- american football -rrb-

joseph charles naekauna `` joe '' francis , jr. -lrb- april 21 , 1936 -- april 15 , 2013 -rrb- was a gridiron football halfback and quarterback who played professionally in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- and the canadian football league -lrb- cfl -rrb- .
following his retirement from professional football , francis became a head football coach at the high school level in the state of hawaii .
two of francis 's sons have played professional football in the nfl .
