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Charlie Joiner

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Charlie Joiner Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 14, 2020
1. Charlie Joiner Marker
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Charlie Joiner graduated from Grambling State University in 1969 and was drafted in the fourth round by the American Football League's Houston Oilers. He retired with the most career receptions, receiving yards and games played of any wide receiver in NFL history. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports.
 
Location. 32° 32.278′ N, 92° 42.83′ W. Marker is in Grambling, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish. It can be reached from Legends Avenue (State Highway 149) 0.3 miles south of Interstate 20, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Grambling LA 71245, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian
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Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Douglas L. Williams (here, next to this marker); Willie Davis (here, next to this marker); James "Shack" Harris (here, next to this marker); Paul "Tank" Younger (here, next to this marker); Willie Brown (here, next to this marker); Junious "Buck" Buchanan (here, next to this marker); Collie J. Nicholson (here, next to this marker); Conrad "Hutch" Hutchinson, Jr (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grambling.
 
More about this marker. Located in the Grambling Walk of Fame/Legends Square.
 
Also see . . .  Wikipedia entry for Charlie Joiner. (Submitted on November 14, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)
 
Charlie Joiner Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 14, 2020
2. Charlie Joiner Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 265 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
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Jul. 25, 2026