{{Short description|American football player (born 1984)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college football player |name=Joshua Furnas | image = | caption = |school= |currentnumber=2 |currentposition=Wide receiver |birth_date={{birth date and age|1984|12|16}} |birth_place=Elmira, New York, U.S. |heightft=6 |heightin=1 |weight=200 |pastschools= * Albany (2003–2006) }}

'''Joshua Furnas''' (born December 16, 1984) is an American former football player, social advocate, and co-founder of Selfless Tee.<ref name="Seeking Social Change">{{cite web| url = https://www.albany.edu/news/campus_news_9419.php| title = Daniel Bocanegra: Seeking Social Change Through "Selfless Tee" – University at Albany-SUNY}}</ref>

==Early years== Furnas was born in Elmira, New York and attended high school at Elmira Free Academy. Furnas was a three-year starter on both the varsity football and baseball teams. In 2003, Furnas was also awarded "Twin Tiers Defensive Player of the year" by the Elmira Star-Gazette.<ref name="Defensive Player">{{cite web| url = http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=877415| title = Josh Furnas – 2006 – Football – University at Albany Great Danes}}</ref> Furnas was also a co-recipient of EFA's Male Athlete of the Year award.

==College career== Furnas played four seasons at University at Albany, SUNY.<ref name="ESPN Furnas Statistics">{{cite web| url = https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/152411| title = Josh Furnas Stats, News, Bio {{!}} ESPN}}</ref> He missed the entire 2003 and 2004 seasons due to injury; he was granted a medical red shirt his first year. In 2005, Josh hauled in seven catches for 101 yards.<ref name="Rivals on Furnas">{{cite web| url = http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/boxscore?gid=200511190161| title = Rivals.com}}</ref> In 2006, Josh's final season, he caught seven passes for 90 yards and one touchdown.<ref name="Sports Illustrated Profile">{{cite web| url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/players/8044/| title = Reference at sportsillustrated.cnn.com| access-date = 2011-02-10| archive-date = 2011-06-28| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628212726/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/players/8044/| url-status = dead}}</ref> Josh's lone touchdown was against the then nationally ranked University of Delaware Blue Hens.

==After college== In 2007, Furnas graduated from Albany with a degree in business. Furnas spent the next few years as general manager of the Big Moose Deli & Country Store in Hoosick, New York.<ref name="Big Moose Review">{{cite web| url = http://www.yelp.com/biz/big-moose-deli-and-country-store-hoosick-falls| title = BIG MOOSE DELI & COUNTRY STORE – 137 Photos & 78 Reviews – Delis – 4956 State Rte 7, Hoosick Falls, NY – Restaurant Reviews – Phone Number}}</ref> Furnas, along with former Albany teammate Danny Bocanegra, co-founded Selfless Tee.<ref name="Social Entrepreneur">{{cite web|url=http://www.33voices.com/daniel-bocanegra |title=Daniel Bocanegra &#124; Interview, stories, podcast, quotes and video with Daniel Bocanegra from 33voices.com |accessdate=2011-02-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522055850/http://www.33voices.com/daniel-bocanegra |archivedate=2011-05-22 }}</ref> Selfless Tee is a for-profit organization geared toward making "fashionable clothing with a social conscience."<ref name="Humanizing Philanthropy">{{cite web| url = http://www.selflesstee.com| title = SelflessTee.com}}</ref>

In March 2010, Selfless Tee was awarded a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Project.<ref name="Refresh Everything">{{cite web|url=http://www.refresheverything.com/SelflessTee |title=Launch apparel co. To create continuous social IMPACT in ur community &#124; Pepsi Refresh Everything |accessdate=2011-01-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122143603/http://www.refresheverything.com/SelflessTee |archivedate=2011-01-22 }}</ref>

In January 2013, Furnas was featured in a San Francisco Chronicle news article about young entrepreneurs living in pop-up rentals. Furnas pays to rent a living room ''closet'' in a Bayview house of an Ecuadorian family of 7.<ref name="Josh Furnas, 23, has taken up residence in a converted closet, near the living room, in a Bayview apartment that he shares with an Ecuadoran family of seven">{{cite web| url = http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Startup-dreams-meet-pop-up-rentals-4226675.php| title = Startup dreams meet pop-up rentals| date = 27 January 2013}}</ref>

==Misophonia== Furnas is a sufferer and well known awareness advocate of 'Hatred of Sound' Disorder, Misophonia.<ref name="Misophonia">{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlWHLx9PTE4| title = YouTube| website = YouTube}}</ref> On May 18, 2012 Furnas was featured on ABC's news magazine television show, 20/20,<ref name="Furnas suffers from Misophonia">{{cite web| url = https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/05/18/safer-for-misophonics-2020s-misophonia-coverage/| title = Safer for Misophonics: 20/20's Misophonia Coverage – ABC News| website = ABC News}} </ref> openly speaking about his battle with misophonia.

==TEDx== In 2012, Furnas began participating in independently organized TEDx events promoting his ideas for social innovation.<ref name="TEDx Events">{{cite web| url = https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3023| title = TEDxChemungRiver {{!}} TED}}</ref>

On November 10, 2012, Furnas was featured at TEDx Chemung River in New York.<ref name="TEDx Chemung River">{{cite web| url = http://www.tedxchemungriver.com| title = Reference at www.tedxchemungriver.com}}</ref> The topic which Furnas spoke of was "The Art of the Tee: Fashioning a Better World".<ref name="Furnas speaks of Fashion, Innovation">{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjDkF94BrPc| title = YouTube| website = YouTube}}</ref>

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