# Joe Braney

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**Joseph Peter "Speed" Breheney** (June 29, 1893 – December 1, 1949) was a professional [football](/source/American_football) player and coach with the [Providence Steam Roller](/source/Providence_Steam_Roller) of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL). Born in [Ireland](/source/Ireland), he later changed the spelling of his name to **Joe Braney**. In 1924 Braney was the coach of the Steam Roller as they were still an independent team. He was replaced during the team's first season in the league, 1926, by [Archie Golembeski](/source/Archie_Golembeski) just before the season began.

Prior to his professional career, Braney played at the [college level](/source/College_football) while attending [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse_University) and [Fordham University](/source/Fordham_University). In 1915 he was a [letter winner](/source/Lettermen) for the Orange, while in 1916 he earned a letter playing for the Rams.

## External links

- ["Grid Iron Squad Honored"](https://www.nytimes.com/1916/12/19/archives/penn-team-selected-twentytwo-men-in-squad-which-will-play-oregon.html). *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)*. **December** (19): 8. December 19, 1916. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- Gill, Bob. ["Providence Starts Rolling"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100929064850/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Providence_Starts_Rolling.pdf). *Coffin Corner*. Professional Football Researchers Association. Archived from [the original](http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Providence_Starts_Rolling.pdf) on 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2010-01-11.

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