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US Bank/NM State Athletics Hall of Fame

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Joe Yurcic

  • Class
    1938
  • Induction
    1970
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Considered the best pre-World War II NM State lineman...All-Border Conference tackle in 1936, 1937 and 1938...1936 Sun Bowl team member...Played with the NFL's New York Giants in 1939...Became a heavyweight boxer known as "One Punch Primo"...Post-athletics career in business in the city of Gallup, N.M.
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