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Shield was drafted by the [[Green Bay Packers]] in the eleventh round of the [[1985 NFL Draft]].<ref name="PROFILE"/> During the 1985 preseason, he battled [[Scott Brunner]] and [[Randy Wright]] for the back-up quarterback position behind [[Lynn Dickey]].<ref name="TRIED1"/><ref name="TRIED2"/> After Brunner was traded, Shield made the team as the third-string quarterback and suited up, but did not play, in the Packers' season opener against the [[New England Patriots]].<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-nfl/144312313/ | title = Joe Shield: NFL dreams becoming reality | last = Harrington | first = Gary | date = September 10, 1985 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 11 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328194947/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-nfl/144312313/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Over 100 people, including family and friends, attended the game to support Shield.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-it-was-like-a/144312343/ | title = It was like a 'Joe Shield Day' Sunday at Foxboro | last = Harrington | first = Gary | date = September 10, 1985 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 11 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328194736/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-it-was-like-a/144312343/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Shield was released by the Packers after the third game of the season when the team signed [[Jim Zorn]]. After his release, he had interest from the Patriots and a try-out for the [[Toronto Argonauts]].<ref name="FIRST">{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-wimbledon-of-t/144312842/ | title = 'Wimbledon of the Woods' comes to Stratton | last = Harrington | first = Gary | date = December 26, 1985 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 18 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328194752/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-wimbledon-of-t/144312842/ | url-status = live }}</ref> He possibly was on the Argonauts for the rest of the year.<ref name="DOWN"/>
Shield was drafted by the [[Green Bay Packers]] in the eleventh round of the [[1985 NFL Draft]].<ref name="PROFILE"/> During the 1985 preseason, he battled [[Scott Brunner]] and [[Randy Wright]] for the back-up quarterback position behind [[Lynn Dickey]].<ref name="TRIED1"/><ref name="TRIED2"/> After Brunner was traded, Shield made the team as the third-string quarterback and suited up, but did not play, in the Packers' season opener against the [[New England Patriots]].<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-nfl/144312313/ | title = Joe Shield: NFL dreams becoming reality | last = Harrington | first = Gary | date = September 10, 1985 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 11 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328194947/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-nfl/144312313/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Over 100 people, including family and friends, attended the game to support Shield.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-it-was-like-a/144312343/ | title = It was like a 'Joe Shield Day' Sunday at Foxboro | last = Harrington | first = Gary | date = September 10, 1985 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 11 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328194736/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-it-was-like-a/144312343/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Shield was released by the Packers after the third game of the season when the team signed [[Jim Zorn]]. After his release, he had interest from the Patriots and a try-out for the [[Toronto Argonauts]].<ref name="FIRST">{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-wimbledon-of-t/144312842/ | title = 'Wimbledon of the Woods' comes to Stratton | last = Harrington | first = Gary | date = December 26, 1985 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 18 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328194752/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-wimbledon-of-t/144312842/ | url-status = live }}</ref> He possibly was on the Argonauts for the rest of the year.<ref name="DOWN"/>


Shield entered the preseason on the Patriots, fighting for the third-string quarterback spot.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-like/144312396/ | title = Joe Shield likes chances of making Patriots | last = Campbell | first = Ken | date = August 1, 1986 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 13 }}</ref> During a preseason game, he suffered a leg injury and was placed on injured reserve.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-hang/144312446/ | title = Joe Shield hanging tough in bid to make it in the NFL | last = Harrington | first = Gary | date = August 20, 1986 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 14 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328194735/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-hang/144312446/ | url-status = live }}</ref> After being released by the Patriots in September, the Packers signed Shield a few months later.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-green-bay-packe/144317483/ | title = Green Bay Packers recall Joe Shield | last = Campbell | first = Ken | date = November 18, 1986 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 10 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328204503/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-green-bay-packe/144317483/ | url-status = live }}</ref> He played three games for the Packers during the [[1986 NFL season]], although he recorded no statistics.<ref name="PFR"/> He was released during the offseason after the Packers acquired a few rookie quarterbacks.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-rele/144317865/ | title = Joe Shield released by Packers | last = Harrington | first = Garry | date = July 7, 1987 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 11}}</ref> On September 17, 1987, Packers' Director of Football Operations [[Tom Braatz]] annouced the team's intention of reaching out to Shield prior to the [[1987 NFL season]] to inquire on his availability to play for the team in the event that NFL players went on strike;<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=September 17, 1987 |title=Pack's Braatz paints bleak picture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAJlAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9&dq=%22joe+shield%22+braatz&article_id=1559,3481961&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV_aSDsKGFAxUQEGIAHfrFCCAQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%22joe%20shield%22%20braatz&f=false |work=[[United Press International|UPI]] |via=[[Telegraph Herald]] |page=B3 |access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref> six days later, Braatz stated that Shield declined, preferring the stability of a sales job for a wine company.<ref name="DOWN">{{Cite web | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-joe-shield-turns-down-p/144317822/ | title = Joe Shield turns down Packers' offer | last = Yantz | first = Tom | date = September 23, 1987 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[Hartford Courant]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = F2 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328204506/https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-joe-shield-turns-down-p/144317822/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
Shield entered the preseason on the Patriots, fighting for the third-string quarterback spot.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-like/144312396/ | title = Joe Shield likes chances of making Patriots | last = Campbell | first = Ken | date = August 1, 1986 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 13 }}</ref> During a preseason game, he suffered a leg injury and was placed on injured reserve.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-hang/144312446/ | title = Joe Shield hanging tough in bid to make it in the NFL | last = Harrington | first = Gary | date = August 20, 1986 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 14 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328194735/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-hang/144312446/ | url-status = live }}</ref> After being released by the Patriots in September, the Packers signed Shield a few months later.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-green-bay-packe/144317483/ | title = Green Bay Packers recall Joe Shield | last = Campbell | first = Ken | date = November 18, 1986 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 10 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328204503/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-green-bay-packe/144317483/ | url-status = live }}</ref> He played three games for the Packers during the [[1986 NFL season]], although he recorded no statistics.<ref name="PFR"/> He was released during the offseason after the Packers acquired a few rookie quarterbacks.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-joe-shield-rele/144317865/ | title = Joe Shield released by Packers | last = Harrington | first = Garry | date = July 7, 1987 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[The Brattleboro Reformer]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = 11}}</ref> On September 17, 1987, Packers' Director of Football Operations [[Tom Braatz]] annouced the team's intention of reaching out to Shield prior to the [[1987 NFL season]] to inquire on his availability to play for the team in the event that NFL players went on strike;<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=September 17, 1987 |title=Pack's Braatz paints bleak picture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAJlAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9&dq=%22joe+shield%22+braatz&article_id=1559,3481961&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV_aSDsKGFAxUQEGIAHfrFCCAQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%22joe%20shield%22%20braatz&f=false |work=[[United Press International|UPI]] |via=[[Telegraph Herald]] |page=B3 |access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref> six days later, Braatz stated that Shield declined, preferring the stability of Financial Services career.<ref name="DOWN">{{Cite web | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-joe-shield-turns-down-p/144317822/ | title = Joe Shield turns down Packers' offer | last = Yantz | first = Tom | date = September 23, 1987 | access-date = March 28, 2024 | newspaper = [[Hartford Courant]] | type = clipping | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | page = F2 | archive-date = March 28, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240328204506/https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-joe-shield-turns-down-p/144317822/ | url-status = live }}</ref>


According to the ''[[Brattleboro Reformer]]'', Shield was the first person from [[Vermont]] to be drafted into the NFL and then make a team's roster.<ref name="FIRST"/>
According to the ''[[Brattleboro Reformer]]'', Shield was the first person from [[Vermont]] to be drafted into the NFL and then make a team's roster.<ref name="FIRST"/>

Revision as of 17:25, 1 April 2024

Joe Shield
No. 18
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born:(1962-06-26)June 26, 1962
Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:Worcester Academy (MA)
College:Trinity
NFL draft:1985 / Round: 11 / Pick: 294
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:3
Player stats at PFR

Joe Shield (born June 26, 1962) is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). Shield was born on June 26, 1962, in Brattleboro, Vermont, and went to high school at Worcester Academy in Maryland.[1] He attended Trinity College, where he played quarterback for their football team. Shield accumulated over 6,500 passing yards, completing over 56% of his passes and throwing 52 touchdowns as the team's starter for three seasons.[2] The Hartford Courant noted that Shields held "nearly every record for a quarterback at Trinity" after he left.[3][4]

Shield was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eleventh round of the 1985 NFL Draft.[2] During the 1985 preseason, he battled Scott Brunner and Randy Wright for the back-up quarterback position behind Lynn Dickey.[3][4] After Brunner was traded, Shield made the team as the third-string quarterback and suited up, but did not play, in the Packers' season opener against the New England Patriots.[5] Over 100 people, including family and friends, attended the game to support Shield.[6] Shield was released by the Packers after the third game of the season when the team signed Jim Zorn. After his release, he had interest from the Patriots and a try-out for the Toronto Argonauts.[7] He possibly was on the Argonauts for the rest of the year.[8]

Shield entered the preseason on the Patriots, fighting for the third-string quarterback spot.[9] During a preseason game, he suffered a leg injury and was placed on injured reserve.[10] After being released by the Patriots in September, the Packers signed Shield a few months later.[11] He played three games for the Packers during the 1986 NFL season, although he recorded no statistics.[1] He was released during the offseason after the Packers acquired a few rookie quarterbacks.[12] On September 17, 1987, Packers' Director of Football Operations Tom Braatz annouced the team's intention of reaching out to Shield prior to the 1987 NFL season to inquire on his availability to play for the team in the event that NFL players went on strike;[13] six days later, Braatz stated that Shield declined, preferring the stability of Financial Services career.[8]

According to the Brattleboro Reformer, Shield was the first person from Vermont to be drafted into the NFL and then make a team's roster.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Joe Shield Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Packer draft profiles". Wisconsin State Journal (clipping). May 2, 1985. p. 5 (Section 2). Archived from the original on November 12, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Apple, Ginny (August 19, 1985). "Fit To Be Tried: Part 1". Hartford Courant (clipping). p. C1. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b Apple, Ginny (August 19, 1985). "Fit To Be Tried: Part 2". Hartford Courant (clipping). p. C8. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Harrington, Gary (September 10, 1985). "Joe Shield: NFL dreams becoming reality". The Brattleboro Reformer (clipping). p. 11. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Harrington, Gary (September 10, 1985). "It was like a 'Joe Shield Day' Sunday at Foxboro". The Brattleboro Reformer (clipping). p. 11. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b Harrington, Gary (December 26, 1985). "'Wimbledon of the Woods' comes to Stratton". The Brattleboro Reformer (clipping). p. 18. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Yantz, Tom (September 23, 1987). "Joe Shield turns down Packers' offer". Hartford Courant (clipping). p. F2. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Campbell, Ken (August 1, 1986). "Joe Shield likes chances of making Patriots". The Brattleboro Reformer (clipping). p. 13. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Harrington, Gary (August 20, 1986). "Joe Shield hanging tough in bid to make it in the NFL". The Brattleboro Reformer (clipping). p. 14. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Campbell, Ken (November 18, 1986). "Green Bay Packers recall Joe Shield". The Brattleboro Reformer (clipping). p. 10. Archived from the original on March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Harrington, Garry (July 7, 1987). "Joe Shield released by Packers". The Brattleboro Reformer (clipping). p. 11. Retrieved March 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Pack's Braatz paints bleak picture". UPI. September 17, 1987. p. B3. Retrieved April 1, 2024 – via Telegraph Herald.
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