Joe Roth (died February 19, 1977) was an All-American quarterback at the University of California at Berkeley who played the 1976 season with melanoma and tragically died 3 months after his last game, in 1977. February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... An All-America team is a sports team composed of star players. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, and by other names, see below) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ...

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In 1975, after he won the starting role, he led the Cal Bears to the Pac-8 title as co-champions. His team had such stars as Chuck Muncie and Wesley Walker. As a team, Cal led the nation in total offense, remarkably gaining the same yardage both passing and rushing (2,522 yards passing and 2,522 yards rushing). The Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. ... Muncie on the January 12, 1981 cover of Sports Illustrated Harry Vance Chuck Muncie (born March 17, 1953 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania) is a former American football running back who played for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers in the National Football League from 1976 to 1984. ... Wesley Walker was a wide receiver for the New York Jets from 1977 to 1989. ...

In 1976, he was a pre-season favorite for the Heisman Trophy. The season was more tumultuous, and towards the end of the year Joe's performance started to drop. Still he was named an All-American. After the season ended, he revealed that he played the last half of the season with melanoma. It was the reoccurance of a previously removed tumor. He died on Feb. 19, 1977. The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award (also known simply as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman), named after former college football player and coach John Heisman, is considered the most prestigious award in American college football. ... Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes and, less frequently, of retinal pigment epithelial cells (of the eye, see uveal melanoma). ...

Posthumously, Joe Roth received the Berkeley Citation, which is awarded to a wide range of distinguished people, academic or nonacademic, whose attainments significantly exceed the standards for advancement in their fields and whose contributions to the University of California at Berkeley are manifestly "above and beyond the call of duty." He was also inducted into the University of California Athletic Hall of Fame.

Several Awards are named in honor of Joe Roth, including the Joe Roth Award for the High School player in the San Diego, California area that best demonstrates courage, the Joe Roth Memorial Award which is given to the San Diego County junior college football player that best exemplifies high academic standards and athletic excellence, and the Joe Roth Award which is given to the Cal football player who best demonstrates courage, attitude & sportsmanship.

The University of California has designated the November 4, 2006 game versus UCLA as the Joe Roth Memorial Game.

External links

• 1975 Pac-8 Champions Retrospective
• Joe Roth Link